Phalura edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

mháalu m (Perso-Arabic spelling مھالوۡ)

  1. father
  2. parent

Inflection edit

a-decl (Obl, pl): mháala

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) “mháalu”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press