aaghaabáanu

Phalura

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd

Sanskrit आ (ā)

Proto-Indo-European *kʷeḱ-

Sanskrit काश् (kāś)

Sanskrit काश (kāśa)

Sanskrit आकाश (ākāśa)

Phalura aaghaá

Proto-Indo-Iranian *wárnas

Sanskrit वर्ण (varṇa)

Phalura aaghaabáanu

From aaghaá (“sky”) +‎ Sanskrit वर्ण (varṇa, “appearance, colour, class”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aaɡhabáanu/

Adjective

aaghaabáanu (feminine aaghaabéeni, Perso-Arabic spelling آگھا بانوۡ)

1. sky-coloured

References

• Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) “aaghaabáanu”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎^[1], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “várṇa¹”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press