फटाफट

Hindi

Etymology

Onomatopoeic, from reduplication of फट (phaṭ, loud puff, burst).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /pʰə.ʈɑː.pʰəʈ/, [pʰɐ.ʈäː.pʰɐʈ]

Adverb

फटाफट • (phaṭāphaṭ) (Urdu spelling پھٹا پھٹ)

1. quickly, rapidly
2. suddenly

Descendants

• → Bengali: ফটাফট (phoṭaphoṭ)

References

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