क़ुल्फ़ी

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ‎ (quflī, “mould”), from ‎ (qofl, “lock”), from Arabic قُفْل‎ (qufl, “lock, bolt”).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /qʊl.fiː/, [qʊl̪.fiː], /kʊl.pʰiː/, [kʊl̪.pʰiː]

Noun

क़ुल्फ़ी • (qulfī) f (Urdu spelling قلفی‎ or قفلی‎)

kulfi (kind of ice cream)

Declension

Declension of क़ुल्फ़ी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	क़ुल्फ़ी qulfī	क़ुल्फ़ियाँ qulfiyā̃
oblique	क़ुल्फ़ी qulfī	क़ुल्फ़ियों qulfiyõ
vocative	क़ुल्फ़ी qulfī	क़ुल्फ़ियो qulfiyo

Descendants

→ Burmese: ကူဖီ (kuhpi)
→ English: kulfi

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “qulfī”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

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