فٹافٹ

Urdu

Etymology

Onomatopoeic. Related to پھٹ‎ (phaṭ, “bang”) - possibly a borrowing from Punjabi فَٹافَٹ‎ (faṭāfaṭ) / ਫਟਾਫਟ (phaṭāphaṭ), as phonetic changes of /pʰ/ to /f/ usually do not occur in Urdu (unlike Hindi and Punjabi).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /fə.ʈɑː.fəʈ/, /pʰ/

(Deccani) IPA^(key): /fə.ʈɑː.fəʈ/, /pʰ/
Rhymes: -əʈ

Adverb

فَٹافَٹ • (faṭāfaṭ) (Hindi spelling फ़टाफ़ट)

immediately, in no time
Synonym: فوراً‎ (fauran)

References

“فٹافٹ”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.

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