अफ़वाह

Hindi

Alternative forms

अफवाह (aphvāh)
अफवा (aphvā)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَفْوَاه (ʔafwāh), plural of فَم (fam, “mouth”).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /əf.ʋɑːɦ/, [ɐf.ʋäːʱ], /əpʰ.ʋɑːɦ/, [ɐpʰ.ʋäːʱ]

Noun

अफ़वाह • (afvāh) f (Urdu spelling افواہ)

rumor, speculation; idle talk
Synonyms: गप्प (gapp), गप (gap), गपशप (gapśap), भ्रांति (bhrānti)

Declension

Declension of अफ़वाह (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	अफ़वाह afvāh	अफ़वाहें afvāhẽ
oblique	अफ़वाह afvāh	अफ़वाहों afvāhõ
vocative	अफ़वाह afvāh	अफ़वाहो afvāho

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “afvāh”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 45

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