ફળ

Inherited from Old Gujarati फल (phala), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀨𑀮 (phala), from Sanskrit फल (phála), ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *paẓam (“ripe fruit”). Doublet of ફલ (phal). Cognate with Marathi and Marwari फळ (phaḷ).

• (Standard Gujarati) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰəɭ/
• Rhymes: -əɭ

ફળ • (phaḷ) n

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

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