پھل

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀨𑀼𑀮𑁆𑀮 (phulla), from Sanskrit फुल्ल (phulla). Cognate with Hindustani پُھول (phūl) / फूल (phūl).

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /pʰʊlːə̆/, [pʰŏlːə̆]
• (India) IPA^(key): [fʊlːə̆]

پُھلّ • (phull) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਫੁੱਲ)

1. flower

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “پھُل”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz, page 162
• “ਫੁੱਲ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “phulla”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 511

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀨𑀮 (phala), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀨𑀮 (phala), from Sanskrit फल (phala), possibly borrowed from Proto-Dravidian *paẓam. Cognate with Hindustani پَھل (phal) / फल (phal).

پَھل • (phal) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਫਲ)

1. fruit
2. consequence; outcome

• Bashir, Kanwal (2012) “پھل¹”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press, page 162
• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “پھل”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz, page 667
• “ਫਲ਼”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “phála¹”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 508

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀨𑀮 (phala), from Sanskrit फल (phála), borrowed from Proto-Dravidian *paẓam (“ripe fruit”).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /pʰəl/
• Rhymes: -əl

پَھل • (phal) m (Hindi spelling फल)

1. (chiefly) fruit

   Synonym: ثمر (samar)

2. (figuratively) reward

• “پھل”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “پھل”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.

پھل (phal)

1. a type of poetry