फुर्ती
Hindi
Alternative forms
- फुरती (phurtī)
Etymology
Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit स्फूर्ति (sphūrti, “quick, strong or rash movement”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *spʰr̥Htiṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sp⁽ʰ⁾r̥Htiš, from Proto-Indo-European *spr̥Htis, from *sperH- (“to kick, move quickly or rashly”). Cognate with Punjabi ਫੁਰਤੀ (phurtī), Nepali फुर्ति (phurti), Bengali ফুর্তি (phurti).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /pʰʊɾ.t̪iː/
Noun
फुर्ती • (phurtī) f (Urdu spelling پھُرْتِی)
- activity, liveliness, alertness
- Synonym: चुस्ती (custī)
Declension
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “फुर्ती”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “sphuráti1”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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