فلاں

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian فلان (fulān), from Arabic فُلَان (fulān).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /fʊ.lɑ̃ː/

Noun

فُلاں • (fulā̃) m (Hindi spelling फ़ुलां)

1. a designation for something unknown
2. so-and-so
3. a certain thing or person

References

• “فلاں”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “فلاں”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.