Hindi edit

Hindi verb set
अफरना (apharnā)
अफराना (aphrānā)

Etymology edit

Inherited from Sanskrit *आस्फरति (āspharati, swells), from आ- (ā-) +‎ स्फरति (spharati, expands), from the root स्फर् (sphar), a variant of स्फुर् (sphur, to spurn, erupt), from Proto-Indo-European *sperH- (to kick, push away, make a rash movement). Cognate with Gujarati આફરવું (āpharvũ, to be swollen).

Pronunciation edit

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ə.pʰəɾ.nɑː/, [ɐ.pʰɐɾ.näː]

Verb edit

अफरना (apharnā) (intransitive, Urdu spelling اپھرنا)

  1. to be full, surfeited, satiated (to have a full stomach)
    पेट अफरनाpeṭ apharnāto have gas

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