फोड़ा

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀨𑁄𑀟𑀅 (phoḍaa), from Sanskrit स्फोटक (sphoṭaka). Doublet of स्फोट (sphoṭ) and स्फोटक (sphoṭak).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

फोड़ा • (phoṛā) m (feminine फुड़िया or फोड़िया, Urdu spelling پھوڑا)

1. a boil, sore, ulcer, abscess, tumour

Declension

Declension of फोड़ा (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	फोड़ा phoṛā	फोड़े phoṛe
oblique	फोड़े phoṛe	फोड़ों phoṛõ
vocative	फोड़े phoṛe	फोड़ो phoṛo

Further reading

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “phōṛā”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “फोड़ा”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• “फोड़ा”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “phoṛā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press