Phalura edit

Etymology edit

From Sanskrit *बर्करपाल (barkarapāla, goatherd).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

bakaraál m (Perso-Arabic spelling بکرال)

  1. shepherd
  2. goatherd

Inflection edit

a/aan-decl (Obl): -á, (Pl): -aán, -á

References edit

  • Liljegren, Henrik, Haider, Naseem (2011) Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎[1], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bakaraál”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press