phuro

• puro

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀯𑀼𑀟𑁆𑀠 (vuḍḍha), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀯𑀼𑀠 (vuḍha), from Sanskrit वृद्ध (vṛddha, “old”).

phuro (feminine phuri, plural phure)

1. old (animate)

   Antonym: terno

   Keren savorale drom, te khelel o puro rom

   Make way, let the old man dance

• Welsh Romani: phuro

phuro m (nominative plural phure)

1. old man

• Yaron Matras ((Can we date this quote?)) “Other characteristic features of Proto-Romani”, in the Manchester Romani Project‎, Manchester, archived from the original on August 28, 2021
• Yūsuke Sumi (2018) “phur/o, -e”, in ニューエクスプレスプラス　ロマ（ジプシー）語 [New Express Plus Romani (Gypsy)] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, published 2021, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 154

Inherited from Romani phuro, from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀯𑀼𑀟𑁆𑀠 (vuḍḍha), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀯𑀼𑀠 (vuḍha), from Sanskrit वृद्ध (vṛddha, “old”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wr̥dᶻdʰás.

phuro m (feminine phuri, plural phure, comparative phureder, superlative phureder)

1. old, aged

phuro m

1. old man

• “phure” in Welsh Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
• “phuri” in Welsh Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
• “phuro” in Welsh Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.