ফালতু

Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindustani فالتو / फ़ालतू (fāltū), itself probably from Portuguese falto (/⁠faltu⁠/, “lacking, faulty”), from falta (“lack, fault”). Cognate with English fault.

Pronunciation
  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /pʰalt̪u/, [ˈpʰal̪t̪uˑ]
    Audio(file)
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /falt̪u/, [ˈfal̪t̪uˑ]
  • (Vanga) IPA(key): /ɸalt̪u/, [ˈɸalt̪uˑ], [ˈɸalt̪uˑ]

Adjective

ফালতু • (phaltu) (comparative আরও ফালতু, superlative সবচেয়ে ফালতু)

  1. unnecessary, excess; irrelevant (of things)
  2. bad or poor in quality; low-grade; (of people) immoral, distasteful (of things)
  3. useless, worthless; good-for-nothing, frivolous (of people and things)
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.