phenel

Romani

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀪𑀡𑀤𑀺 (bhaṇadi), from Classical Sanskrit भणति (bhaṇati), from Vedic Sanskrit भनति (bhanati) ,from Proto-Indo-Aryan *bʰánati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰánati, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰn̥h₂-é-ti, innovative nasal-infixed zero-grade thematic present *bʰeh₂- (“to speak”).

Verb

phenel

1. to say, to tell

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bhánati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 534
• Boretzky, Norbert, Igla, Birgit (1994) “phenél”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 235ab
• Yaron Matras (2002) “Historical and linguistic origins”, in Romani: A Linguistic Introduction‎^[1], Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 40
• Marcel Courthiade (2009) “phen/el, -dǎs”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög (overall work in Hungarian and English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 294a
• Yūsuke Sumi (2018) “phenel (phendǎs)”, in ニューエクスプレスプラス　ロマ（ジプシー）語 (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, published 2021, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 154