फूल phūl

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This site uses transliteration based on ISO 15919, with a few adaptations to make reading easier: h is added after c, ś and ṣ, and i after the vowel r̥. These adaptations bring it closer to the Hunterian system used in India while retaining the distinctive marks of ISO 15919.

Adaptations used on this site
ISO 15919On this site
cch
śśh
ṣṣh
r̥r̥i

A few reading pointers:

  • ā, ī, ū: the line above the letter indicates a long vowel.
  • ṭ, ḍ, ṇ: the dot below distinguishes retroflex consonants from t, d, n.
  • A tilde above a vowel indicates nasalisation.

Hindi · n. · m.

Earlier definition

Definition

A flower.
The tassel of a rosary (a decoration, consisting of a bunch of hanging threads tied tightly at one end and loose at the other end).

Usual translation

  1. flower
  2. tassel

Origin of the definition

फूल phūla phu:l (nm) a flower; flower iṉ embroidery; post-cremation ashes; the burnt part of a wick etc.; a very light thing; bronze; ~कारी embroidery; embroidering of flowers; ~गोभी cauliflower; ~दान a flower-vase/flower-pot; ~दार flowery; embroidered; ~माला a flower-garland; —उतारना/लोढ़ना to pluck a flower/flowers; —चुनना to pluck flowers; to collect post-cremation ashes (for immersion in holy rivers); —झड़ना to be very sweet in speech; —सा/सी very delicate and beautiful; very light; —सूँघना to be too abstemious, to eat a very limited quantity; फूलों की सेज a bed of roses.

H پهول फूल phūl [S. फुल्लं], s.m. A flower, a blossom; — a boss, knob, stud, bunch of ribands, rosette, cockade; — the menses (of which children are the blossoms): — a swelling; — a spark of fire; lights or fire (seen at night); the bones of a corpse after partial cremation; — a ceremony performed (by Musalmāns) in honour of a deceased person on the third day after his death, when a portion of the Qorʼan is recited, and flowers are placed on trays in the midst of the assembly); — a white metal, bell-metal, electrum; — the white marks of leprosy; — a pearl or white opaque spot in the corner of the eye ( = phullī); — a maggot that is hatched in meat or in neglected sores; — a head, stick, small quantity (as we say a head of celery, — e.g. bhang-ke do phūl denā); — the best kind of native wine.

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1801 occurrences

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Avyakts

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Mamma

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Monday 21 December 2020