beewafaaí

Phalura

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó

Classical Persian اَبی (abē)

Classical Persian بی (bē)

Classical Persian وَفَا (wafā)

Classical Persian بی‌وَفَا (bē-wafā)der.

Phalura beewafaaí

Borrowed from Urdu بے وَفَائِی (be vafāī), ultimately from Classical Persian بی‌وَفَا (bē-wafā, “disloyal”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beewafaají/

Noun

beewafaaí f (Perso-Arabic spelling بے وفائیۡ)

1. disloyalty, unfaithfulness

References

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