ફેણ

Gujarati

સમુદ્રફેણ

Alternative forms

• ફીણ (phīṇ)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Gujarati फेण (pheṇa), from Prakrit 𑀨𑁂𑀡 (pheṇa), from Sanskrit फेन (phéna, “foam, froth”). Cognate with Hindustani پھین / फेन (phen), Marathi फेण (pheṇ), Sindhi ڦيِڻُ (phīṇu). Wider cognates include English foam, Russian пе́на (péna).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Gujarati) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰeːɳ/
• Rhymes: -eːɳ
• Hyphenation: ફેણ

Noun

ફેણ • (pheṇ) f

1. foam, froth
2. (by extension) seafoam

Declension

Declension of ફેણ
	singular	plural
nominative	ફેણ (pheṇ)	ફેણો (pheṇo)
oblique	ફેણ (pheṇ)	ફેણો (pheṇo)
vocative	ફેણ (pheṇ)	ફેણો (pheṇo)
instrumental	ફેણે (pheṇe)	ફેણોએ (pheṇoe)
locative	ફેણે (pheṇe)	ફેણોએ (pheṇoe)

Further reading

• “ફેણ”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-English dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.