फेफड़ा

Hindi

Etymology

From Sanskrit फुफ्फुस (phuphphusa). Cognate to Gujarati ફેફસું (phephsũ) and Sindhi फिफड़.

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /pʰeːpʰ.ɽɑː/, [pʰeːpʰ.ɽäː]

Noun

फेफड़ा • (phephṛā) m (Urdu spelling پھیپھڑا)

1. (anatomy) lung; the lungs

   Synonym: फुफ्फुस (phuphphus)

Declension

Declension of फेफड़ा (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	फेफड़ा phephṛā	फेफड़े phephṛe
oblique	फेफड़े phephṛe	फेफड़ों phephṛõ
vocative	फेफड़े phephṛe	फेफड़ो phephṛo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “phephṛā”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 688