phúngu

Phalura

Etymology

From Sanskrit *फुङ्ग (phuṅga, “mustache”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʰúŋɡo/

Noun

phúngu m (Perso-Arabic spelling پُھنگوۡ)

1. moustache
2. whisker

Inflection

a-decl (Obl, pl): phúnga

References

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