پھپھیرا

Punjabi

Etymology

From پُھپّھیر (phuppher), from Sanskrit *फुप्फु (*phupphu).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /pʰʊ.pʰeː.ɾäː/
• Rhymes: -äː

Noun

پُھپھیرا • (phupherā) m (feminine پُھپھیری, Gurmukhi spelling ਫੁਫੇਰਾ)

1. cousin (son of aunt; father's sister)

Declension

Declension of پھپھیرا
dir. sg.	پُھپھیرا (phupherā)
dir. pl.	پُھپھیرے (phuphere)
	singular	plural
direct	پُھپھیرا (phupherā)	پُھپھیرے (phuphere)
oblique	پُھپھیرے (phuphere)	پُھپھیریْاں (phupheriyāṉ)
vocative	پُھپھیریْا (phupheriyā)	پُھپھیریو (phuphereyo)
ablative	پُھپھیریوں (phuphereyoṉ)	پُھپھیریْاں (phupheriyāṉ)
locative	–	پُھپھیرِیں (phupherīṉ)
instrumental	پُھپھیرے (phuphere)	–

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “پھُپھیرا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• “ਫੁਫੇਰਾ”, 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