balikhaáṭ

Phalura

Etymology

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Phalura balíi

Phalura kháaṭu

Phalura balikhaáṭ

Compound of balíi (“outside”) +‎ kháaṭu (“lid”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /balikʰaaʈ/

Noun

balikhaáṭ m (Perso-Arabic spelling بلِکھاٹ)

1. roof end (covering)

Inflection

Liljegren does not attest the umlauted declension for the oblique singular.

Declension of balikhaáṭ (a-decl w/ length alternation)

	singular	plural
nominative	balikhaáṭ	balikhaṭá
oblique	balikhaṭá	balikhaṭóom

Declension of balikhaáṭ (i-decl w/ umlaut)

	singular	plural
nominative	balikhaáṭ	balikheeṭí
oblique	balikheeṭí	balikheeṭíim

References

• Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) “balikhaáṭ”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎^[1], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN