فٹافٹ

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Punjabi فَٹافَٹ (faṭāfaṭ) / ਫਟਾਫਟ (phaṭāphaṭ). Phonetic changes of /pʰ/ to /f/ usually do not occur in Urdu (unlike Hindi and Punjabi) onomatopoeic. Related to پھٹ (phaṭ, “bang”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /fə.ʈɑː.fəʈ/, /pʰ/
• Rhymes: -əʈ
• Hyphenation: فَ‧ٹا‧فَٹ

Adverb

فَٹافَٹ • (faṭāfaṭ) (Hindi spelling फ़टाफ़ट)

1. immediately, quickly, swiftly, speedily, in no time

   Synonyms: فوراً (fauran), جھٹ پٹ (jhaṭ-paṭ), جلد (jald)

Further reading

• “فٹافٹ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.