mháalu

Phalura

Etymology

From Sanskrit महल्लक (mahallaka, “old, feeble”). Cognate with Kashmiri مول (mōl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mháalu/

Noun

mháalu m (Perso-Arabic spelling مھالوۡ)

1. father
2. parent

Inflection

a-decl (Obl, pl): mháala

References

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