ફરવું

Gujarati

Etymology

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

Verb

ફરવું • (pharvũ)

to spin, rotate
to visit a location, implying a sense of thoroughness of the visit
to roam free, to go about aimlessly
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

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