ফুর্তি

Bengali

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 Hindi फुर्ती (phurtī), Punjabi ਫੁਰਤੀ (phurtī), Nepali फुर्ति (phurti).

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /pʰuɾt̪i/, [ˈpʰuɾt̪iˑ]
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /fuɹt̪i/, [ˈfuɹt̪iˑ]
  • (Vanga) IPA(key): /ɸuɾt̪i/, [ˈɸuɾt̪iˑ], [ˈɸuɹt̪iˑ]

Noun

ফুর্তি • (phurti)

  1. fun, delight, amusement, merriment
    Synonyms: মজা (moja), আনন্দ (anndo), আমোদ (amōd), ইয়ার্কি (iẏarki)
    আজকে আমরা সকলে মিলে ফুর্তি করব
    ajoke amra śokole mile phurti korbo.
    Today we are going to have fun together.

Derived terms

  • ফুর্তি করা (phurti kora)
  • ফুর্তিবাজ (phurtibaj)

References

  • Chatterji, Suniti Kumar (1926) The Origin and Development of the Bengali Language, volume 1, Calcutta: Calcutta University Press, page 512
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