phúuṭa

Phalura

Etymology

From Sanskrit *स्फोट्यते (sphoṭyate, “is broken”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʰúuʈa/

Verb

phúuṭa (intransitive, Perso-Arabic spelling پُھوٹہ)

1. to break (apart), crack

Inflection

L:cons (Prs): phooṭáanu, (Pfv): phooṭílu, (Cv): phooṭí, (Imp): phúuṭ

Alternative forms

• phúuṭe (Biori)

References

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