foóǰ

Phalura

Etymology

Etymology tree

Middle Persian pdk'bor.

Arabic فَيْج (fayj)

Arabic فَوْج (fawj)bor.

Classical Persian فَوْج (fawj)bor.

Urdu فَوج (fauj)bor.

Phalura foóǰ

Borrowed from Urdu فَوج (fauj), borrowed from Classical Persian فَوْج (fawj), borrowed from Arabic فَوْج (fawj), from فَيْج (fayj), borrowed from Middle Persian pdk'.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /foodʑ/

Noun

foóǰ m (Perso-Arabic spelling فوج)

1. troops
2. army

Declension

Liljegren attests a plural fooǰiaán.

Declension of foóǰ (aan-decl)

	singular	plural
nominative	foóǰ	fooǰaán, fooǰá
oblique	fooǰá	fooǰoóm, fooǰaanoóm

References

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