پھلنا

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit फलति (phalati) or from پھل (phal). Cognate with Punjabi ਫਲਣਾ (phalṇā) / پَھلݨا (phalṇā), Sindhi ڦَلَڻُ / फलणु, Gujarati ફળવું (phaḷvũ), Nepali फल्नु (phalnu), Marathi फळणे (phaḷṇe), Bengali ফলা (phola).

Pronunciation

Verb

پَھلْنَا (phalnā) (Hindi spelling फलना)

  1. to bear fruit
  2. to have heirs
  3. to prove successful or advantageous
  4. to break out as blisters or pimples

Conjugation


  • Note: The second-person polite form آپ (āp) uses the third-person plural conjugation.

References

  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), پهلنا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), phálati1”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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