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फूल phūl[S. फुल्लं ], s.m. A flower, a blossom;—a boss, knob, stud, bunch of ribands, rosette, cockade;—the menses (of which children are the blossoms):—a swelling;—a spark of fire; lights or fire (seen at night); the bones of a corpse after partial cremation;—a ceremony performed (by Musalmāns) in honour of a deceased person on the third day after his death, when a portion of the Qor`anis recited, and flowers are placed on trays in the midst of the assembly);—a white metal, bell-metal, electrum;—the white marks of leprosy;—a pearl or white opaque spotin the corner of the eye (=phullī);—a maggot that is hatched in meat or in neglected sores;—a head, stick, small quantity (as we say a headof celery,—e.g. bhang-ke do phūl denā);—the best kind of native wine:—phūl ānā, v.n. The menses to come on, to have the menses:—phūl uṭhnā, v.n. The ceremony of phūl (q.v.) to be completed; to complete the forty days of mourning:—phūlpaṭṭī, s.f. A knot of ribands, rosette, cockade:—phūl paṛnā, v.n. Sparks to fall (from a burning building, etc.); fire to break out:—phūl jhaṛnā, v.n. To drop flowers (of rhetoric), to speak eloquently;—drops of burning oil to fall (from a lamp); sparks of fire to fall copiously (from a burning mass):—phūl ćaṛhānā(par), To offer flowers (at a shrine, etc.), to strew flowers (on a tomb):—phūl-ḍol, s.m. A kind of Hindūsport or show:—phūl-sā, adj. (f. -ī) Like a flower; light as a flower; delicate or frail as a flower:—phūl sūṅgh-ke rahnā, v.n. To live on the fragrance of flowers (said of a woman who eats little):—phūl-kobī, s.f. A cauliflower:—phūlgulābī, s.f. A light rose colour:—phūl-wālā, adj. & s.m. Flowering, in flower;—flowerman:—phūloṅ-kāgahnā, s.m. Wreath or garland of flowers; a delicate, fragile, or frail person or thing:—phūloṅ-meṅtulnā, v.n. To live in luxury.
Origin: Hindi