ફળ

Gujarati

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀨𑀮 (phala), from Sanskrit फल (phála), commonly considered a borrowing from Proto-Dravidian *paẓam (“ripe fruit”). Doublet of ફલ (phal). Cognate with Hindi फल (phal), Nepali फल (phal), Marathi फळ (phaḷ), Rajasthani फळ (phaḷ).

Pronunciation

Noun

ફળ • (phaḷ) n

  1. fruit
  2. result, outcome
  3. (mathematics) function

References
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “phála”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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