फटाफट

Hindi

Etymology

Onomatopoeic, from reduplication of फट (phaṭ, loud puff, burst).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /pʰə.ʈɑː.pʰəʈ/, [pʰɐ.ʈäː.pʰɐʈ]

Adverb

फटाफट • (phaṭāphaṭ) (Urdu spelling پھٹا پھٹ)

quickly, rapidly
suddenly

Descendants

→ Bengali: ফটাফট (phoṭaphoṭ)

References

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

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