फुर्ती

फुर्ती

Hindi

Alternative forms

• फुरती (phurtī)

Etymology

From Sauraseni Prakrit [Term?], ultimately from Sanskrit स्फुर् (sphur, “to dart, leap; to flash”). Cognate with Punjabi ਫੁਰਤੀ (phurtī), Nepali फुर्ति (phurti).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʰʊɾ.t̪iː/

Noun

फुर्ती • (phurtī) f

1. activity, liveliness, alertness

   Synonym: चुस्ती (custī)

Declension

Declension of फुर्ती
	Singular	Plural
Direct	फुर्ती (phurtī)	फुर्तियाँ (phurtiyā̃)
Oblique	फुर्ती (phurtī)	फुर्तियों (phurtiyõ)
Vocative	फुर्ती (phurtī)	फुर्तियो (phurtiyo)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “फुर्ती”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “sphuráti¹ (13849)”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press