शगूफ़ा
Hindi
Alternative forms
- शिगूफ़ा (śigūfā)
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian شگوفه (šigūfa).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ʃə.ɡuː.fɑː/, [ʃə.ɡuː.fäː], /ʃə.ɡuː.pʰɑː/, [ʃə.ɡuː.pʰäː]
Noun
शगूफ़ा • (śagūfā) m (Urdu spelling شگوفہ)
- bud, sprouting flower
- (figurative) fad, something barely worth notice
Declension
Declension of शगूफ़ा (masc ā-stem)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | शगूफ़ा śagūfā | शगूफ़े śagūfe |
| oblique | शगूफ़े śagūfe | शगूफ़ों śagūfõ |
| vocative | शगूफ़े śagūfe | शगूफ़ो śagūfo |
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “शगूफ़ा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press