فیر

Punjabi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /feː.ɾᵊ/, /feː˩˥.ɾᵊ/

Adverb

فیْر • (fer) (Gurmukhi spelling ਫ਼ੇਰ)

1. (Eastern) Alternative form of پھیر (pher)

Usage notes

Though the /f/ sound is considered foreign in Punjabi and most other South Asian languages, here the sound is natively deriven.

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “فیر”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• Bashir, Kanwal (2012) “فیر”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press