ફરવું

ફરવું

Gujarati

Etymology

Cognate with Marathi फिरणे (phirṇe), Hindi फिरना (phirnā), Punjabi ਫਿਰਨਾ (phirnā) / پھِرنا‎ (phirnā), Bengali ফিরা (phira).

Verb

ફરવું • (pharvũ)

1. to spin, rotate
2. to visit a location, implying a sense of thoroughness of the visit
3. to roam free, to go about aimlessly
4. to change or reverse, to turn back

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “*phirati (9078)”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press