क़ुल्फ़ी

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian قلفى (qulfī, “a covered cup in which ice is moulded”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /qʊl.fiː/, /kʊl.pʰiː/

Noun

क़ुल्फ़ी • (qulfī) f (Urdu spelling قلفی or قفلی)

  1. kulfi (kind of ice cream)

Declension

Declension of क़ुल्फ़ी (fem ī-stem)
singular plural
direct क़ुल्फ़ी
qulfī 		क़ुल्फ़ियाँ
qulfiyā̃
oblique क़ुल्फ़ी
qulfī 		क़ुल्फ़ियों
qulfiyõ
vocative क़ुल्फ़ी
qulfī 		क़ुल्फ़ियो
qulfiyo

Descendants

  • → Burmese: ကူဖီ (kuhpi)
  • → English: kulfi

References

  1. ^ Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “qulfī”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
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