پھپھی

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit *फुप्फु (*phupphu). Cognate with Urdu پُھپّو (phuppo).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /pʰʊp.pʰiː/
• Rhymes: -iː

Noun

پُھپّھی • (phupphī) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਫੁੱਫੀ)

1. aunt (father's sister).

   Synonym: بُھوا (bhūā)

Declension

Declension of پھپھی

	singular	plural
direct	پُھپّھی (phupphī)	پُھپّھِیاں (phupphīyāṉ)
oblique	پُھپّھی (phupphī)	پُھپّھِیاں (phupphīyāṉ)
vocative	پُھپّھِیے (phupphiye)	پُھپّھِیو (phupphīv)
ablative	پُھپّھِیوں (phupphīvṉ)	پُھپّھِیاں (phupphīyāṉ)
locative	—	—
instrumental	—	—

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “پھُپھّی”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• “ਫੁੱਫੀ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*phupphu”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press