Wiktionary

phen

See also: phèn, phen', phēⁿ, and phen-

Balkan Romani edit

Alternative forms edit

  • pen (Macedonian Arli)

Etymology edit

From Romani phen, from Sanskrit भगिनी (bhaginī).

Noun edit

phen f

  1. (Bugurdži, Crimea, Kosovo Arli, Sepečides, Sofia Erli, Ursari) sister

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • “phen” in Bugurdži Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
  • “phen” in Crimean Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
  • “phen” in Kosovo Arli Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
  • “phen” in Sepečides Romani-English dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
  • “phen” in Sofia Erli Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
  • “phen” in Ursari Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.

Baltic Romani edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Romani phen, from Sanskrit भगिनी (bhaginī).

Noun edit

phen f

  1. (Latvia) sister

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • “phen” in Latvian Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.

Carpathian Romani edit

Alternative forms edit

  • pheň (Gurvari, Romungro)

Etymology edit

From Romani phen, from Sanskrit भगिनी (bhaginī).

Noun edit

phen f

  1. (Burgenland, East Slovakia, Hungarian Vend, Prekmurski, Veršend) sister

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • “phen” in Burgenland Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
  • “phen” in East Slovak Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
  • “phen” in Hungarian Vend Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
  • “phen” in Prekmurski Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
  • “phen” in Veršend Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.

Romani edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Sanskrit भगिनी (bhaginī).[1][2]

Noun edit

phen f anim (accusative singular/nominative plural phenǎ, accusative plural pheněn)

  1. sister[2][3]
    Coordinate term: phral

Descendants edit

  • Angloromani: pen, pan, pey
  • Balkan Romani: phen, pen
  • Baltic Romani: phen, phên
  • Carpathian Romani: phen, pheň
  • Kalo Finnish Romani: pheen
  • Sinte Romani: phen, pen
  • Vlax Romani: phen, pen; phej; pheň
  • Welsh Romani: phen

References edit

  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bhaginī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 531
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Boretzky, Norbert, Igla, Birgit (1994) “phen”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 235a
  3. ^ Marcel Courthiade (2009) “e phej²³, -a ʒ. -a, -en = i phen¹, -ǎ ʒ. -ǎ, -ěn”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (overall work in Hungarian and English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 294a

Sinte Romani edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Romani phen, from Sanskrit भगिनी (bhaginī).

Noun edit

phen f

  1. sister

References edit

  • “phen” in Sinte Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.

Tsimané edit

Noun edit

phen

  1. (Mosetén) woman

References edit

  • Jeanette Sakel ((Can we date this quote?)) Grammar of Mosetén

Vietnamese edit

Etymology edit

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 番 (SV: phiên).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

phen • (番, 蕃, 藩, 𬏗)

  1. (literary) time
    Synonyms: lần, bận

Vlax Romani edit

Alternative forms edit

  • pen (Gurbet)
  • phej (Gurbet, Kalderaš, Macedonian Džambazi)
  • pheň (Lovara)

Etymology edit

From Romani phen, from Sanskrit भगिनी (bhaginī).

Noun edit

phen f

  1. (Banatiski Gurbet, Gurbet, Kalderaš, Lovara, Macedonian Džambazi, Sremski Gurbet) sister
    1. (Sremski Gurbet) stepsister

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • “phen” in Banatiski Gurbet Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
  • “phen” in Gurbet Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
  • “phen” in Kalderaš Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
  • “phen” in Lovara Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
  • “phen” in Macedonian Džambazi Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
  • “phen” in Sremski Gurbet Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.

Welsh edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

phen

  1. Aspirate mutation of pen.

Mutation edit

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
pen ben mhen phen
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Welsh Romani edit

Etymology edit

From Romani phen, from Sanskrit भगिनी (bhaginī).

Noun edit

phen f

  1. sister
  2. sister of mercy, nun

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • “phen” in Welsh Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.

Yola edit

Adverb edit

phen

  1. Alternative form of fan (“when”)
    • 1867, “DR. RUSSELL ON THE INHABITANTS AND DIALECT OF THE BARONY OF FORTH”, in APPENDIX:
      Fad didn't thou cum t' ouz phen w'ad zumthin to yive?
      [Why didn't you come to us when we had something to give?]

References edit

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 131
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