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
dir. sg.	پُھپّھی (phupphī)
dir. pl.	پُھپّھِیاں (phupphīyāṉ)
	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, 2024
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*phupphu”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press