fláiṭ

Phalura

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *plew-

Proto-Indo-European *plewk-der.

Proto-Germanic *fleuganą

Proto-West Germanic *fleugan

Proto-West Germanic *-þi

Proto-West Germanic *fluhti

Old English flyht

Middle English flight

English flightbor.

Urdu فْلَائِٹ (flāiṭ)bor.

Phalura fláiṭ

Borrowed from Urdu فْلَائِٹ (flāiṭ), borrowed from English flight, from Middle English flight, from Old English flyht, from Proto-West Germanic *fluhti, from *fleugan + *-þi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fléjiʈ/, /pʰléjʈ/

Noun

fláiṭ f (Perso-Arabic spelling فلائِٹ)

1. (aviation) flight (a trip made by an aircraft)

Declension

Declension of fláiṭ (i-decl)

	singular	plural
nominative	fláiṭ	flaiṭí
oblique	flaiṭí	flaiṭíim

References

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