Punjabi edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Sanskrit *फुप्फु (*phupphu). Cognate with Urdu پُھپّو (phuppo).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

پُھپّھی (phupphīf (Gurmukhi spelling ਫੁੱਫੀ)

  1. aunt (father's sister).
    Synonym: بُھوا (bhūā)

Declension edit

Declension of پھپھی
dir. sg. پُھپّھی (phupphī)
dir. pl. پُھپّھِیاں (phupphīyāṉ)
singular plural
direct پُھپّھی (phupphī) پُھپّھِیاں (phupphīyāṉ)
oblique پُھپّھی (phupphī) پُھپّھِیاں (phupphīyāṉ)
vocative پُھپّھِیے (phupphiye) پُھپّھِیو (phupphīv)
ablative پُھپّھِیوں (phupphīvṉ)
locative
instrumental

Further reading edit

  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “پھُپھّی”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • ਫੁੱਫੀ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*phupphu”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press