मूँगफली

Hindi

Etymology

From मूँग (mūṅg, “moong”) +‎ फली (phalī, “seed, fruit”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /muːŋɡ.pʰə.liː/, [mũːŋɡ.pʰɐ.liː]

Noun

मूँगफली • (mūṅgphalī) f (Urdu spelling مونگ پھلی)

1. peanut (a legume resembling a nut)

Declension

Declension of मूँगफली (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	मूँगफली mūṅgphalī	मूँगफलियाँ mūṅgphaliyā̃
oblique	मूँगफली mūṅgphalī	मूँगफलियों mūṅgphaliyõ
vocative	मूँगफली mūṅgphalī	मूँगफलियो mūṅgphaliyo

Descendants

• → Pashto: مونګ پلي

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “मूँग”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press