فروری

Persian

Etymology

See فبروری

Pronunciation

    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [fäɾ.wä.ɾiː]

Readings
Dari reading? farwarī

Proper noun

فروری • (farwarī)

  1. colloquial form of فبروری (February)

See also

Gregorian calendar months in Persian · مَاه‌هَایِ تَقْوِیمِ گِریگورِی (māh-hā-yi taqwīm-i girēgōrī)
(Dari Persian) (layout · text)
January February March April
جَنْوَرِی (janwarī) فِبْرُوَرِی (fibruwarī) مَارْچ (mārč) اَپْریل (aprēl)
May June July August
می () جُون (jūn) جُولَای (jūlāy) آگِسْت (āgist), اَگِسْت (agist)
September October November December
سِپْتِمْبَر (siptimbar) اَکْتوبَر (aktōbar) نَوِمْبَر (nawimbar) دِسِمْبَر (disimbar)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from English February[1][2] and possibly influenced by Portuguese fevereiro, or vice versa.[3] Ultimately from Latin Februarius. Compare Konkani फेवरेर (phevrer).

Pronunciation

Noun

فَرْوَرِی • (farvarīf (Hindi spelling फ़रवरी)

  1. February

Declension

Declension of فروری
singular plural
direct فَرْوَری (farvarī) فَرْوَرِیاں (farvariyā̃)
oblique فَرْوَری (farvarī) فَرْوَرِیوں (farvariyō̃)
vocative فَرْوَری (farvarī) فَرْوَرِیو (farvariyō)

Descendants

  • Kashmiri: فَرؤری (farvạrī)
  • Punjabi: ਫ਼ਰਵਰੀ / فَرْوَرِی (farvarī)

See also

Gregorian calendar months: عِیسْوی تَقْوِیم ('īsvī taqvīm)edit

References

  1. ^ McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “फ़रवरी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
  2. ^ Platts, John T. (1884), “فروری”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 780
  3. ^ Snell, Rupert (2003), Teach Yourself Beginner's Hindi Script, McGraw-Hill Companies, →ISBN, page 193:The month names are spelt in Hindi with dental consonants: this reflects their Portuguese ancestry (words from English being generally spelt with retroflexes).

Further reading

  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “فروری”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 453
  • فروری”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.