फूल

See also: फल, फळ, फलो, फालौ, फलों, फूलो, and फूलों

Hindi

फूल

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀨𑀼𑀮𑁆𑀮 (phulla), from Sanskrit फुल्ल (phulla).

Cognates include Assamese ফুল (phul), Bengali ফুল (phul), Bhojpuri फूल (phūl), Gujarati ફૂલ (phūl), Maithili फूल (phūl), Marathi फूल (phūl), Nepali फूल (phūl), Odia ଫୁଲ (phula), Punjabi پھل / ਫੁੱਲ (phulla), and Sindhi ڦل (phulu).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /fuːl/, /pʰuːl/

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Noun

फूल • (phūl) m (Urdu spelling پھول)

1. flower

   Synonyms: पुष्प (puṣp), कुसुम (kusum), सुमन (suman), शिगुफ़ा (śigufā)

   यह कोई आम फूल नहीं, एक गुलाब है।

   yah koī ām phūl nahī̃, ek gulāb hai.

   This is no common flower, this is a rose.

   सुंदर फूल ― sundar phūl ― beautiful flower

2. blossom

Declension

Declension of फूल (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	फूल phūl	फूल phūl
oblique	फूल phūl	फूलों phūlõ
vocative	फूल phūl	फूलो phūlo

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “phulla”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Konkani

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit फुल्ल (phulla).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fuːl]

Noun

फूल • (phūl) n (Latin script ful, Kannada script ಫೂಲ್)

1. flower

Marathi

एक फूल

Etymology

Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘣𑘳𑘩 (phula), from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀨𑀼𑀮𑁆𑀮 (phulla), from Sanskrit फुल्ल (phulla).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʰul/, [pʰuːl]

Noun

फूल • (phūl) n

1. flower

   Synonym: पुष्प (puṣpa)

   हे फूल खूप सुंदर आहे.

   he phūl khūp sundar āhe.

   This flower is very beautiful.

Declension

Declension of फूल (neut cons-stem)
direct singular	फुल phul
direct plural	फुले, फुलं phule, phula
	singular एकवचन		plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	फुल phul		फुले, फुलं phule, phula
oblique सामान्यरूप	फुला phulā		फुलां- phulān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	फुलाला phulālā		फुलांना phulānnā
ergative	फुलाने, फुलानं phulāne, phulāna		फुलांनी phulānnī
instrumental	फुलाशी phulāśī		फुलांशी phulānśī
locative सप्तमी	फुलात phulāt		फुलांत phulāt
vocative संबोधन	फुला phulā		फुलांनो phulānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of फूल (neut cons-stem)
	masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म		feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म		neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म		oblique सामान्यरूप
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular* एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता	फुलाचा phulāċā	फुलाचे phulāċe	फुलाची phulācī	फुलाच्या phulācā	फुलाचे, फुलाचं phulāċe, phulāċa	फुलाची phulācī	फुलाच्या phulācā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	फुलांचा phulānċā	फुलांचे phulānċe	फुलांची phulāñcī	फुलांच्या phulāncā	फुलांचे, फुलांचं phulānċe, phulānċa	फुलांची phulāñcī	फुलांच्या phulāñcā
* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

Derived terms

• गवतफूल (gavatphūl)
• दगडफूल (dagaḍphūl)
• फुलणे (phulṇe, “to flower, to bloom”)
• फुलपाखरू (phulpākhrū, “butterfly”)

Descendants

• → Korlai Creole Portuguese: ful
• → Macanese: fula

References

• Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “फूल”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “फूल”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• Tulpule, Shankar Gopal; Feldhaus, Anne, “फुल”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan, 1999.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “phulla”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Nepali

Etymology

Inherited from Khasa Prakrit [Term?] (compare Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀨𑀼𑀮𑁆𑀮 (phulla)), from Sanskrit फुल्ल (phulla).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pʰul]
• Phonetic Devanagari: फुल्

Noun

फूल • (phūl)

1. flower