फुफेरी बहिन (phupherii bahin)
noun
A kinship term meaning 'paternal aunt's daughter' -- a specific type of cousin, viewed as an older or same-age female relative. Single sense.
Sense
1
:
female cousin (daughter of father's sister)
noun, feminine
Synonyms: फुफेरी बहन (phupherii bahan, common spelling variant), फुफी की बेटी (phuphii kii betii, descriptive, less common as a fixed term)
Frequency: medium
Cultural Note: Hindi (like many South Asian languages) has a rich, precise kinship vocabulary where every cousin, aunt, and uncle gets a term that encodes exactly which side of the family and which sibling they descend from -- फुफेरी बहिन (phupherii bahin) tells you at a glance she's your father's sister's daughter, something English's flat 'cousin' completely erases. You'll hear the parallel male form फुफेरा भाई (phupheraa bhaaii, paternal aunt's son) in the same breath, and related terms like मौसेरी बहिन (mauserii bahin, mother's sister's daughter) and ममेरी बहिन (mamerii bahin, mother's brother's daughter) follow the same logic from different branches of the family tree.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners often use the generic English word 'cousin' and reach for cज़िन (kazin) or a vague बहन (bahan), missing that Hindi kinship terms specify exactly which relative is meant -- फुफेरी बहिन (phupherii bahin) is specifically the daughter of one's फूफी (phoophii, father's sister), not just any female cousin. 2) The spelling बहिन (bahin) vs बहन (bahan) can confuse learners; both are used, with बहन (bahan) being more common in casual writing today.
Sample Sentences:
यह मेरी फुफेरी बहिन है।
This is my cousin (my paternal aunt's daughter).
(yah merii phupherii bahin hai।)
मेरी फुफेरी बहिन दिल्ली में रहती है।
My cousin (paternal aunt's daughter) lives in Delhi.
(merii phupherii bahin dillii men rahtii hai।)
मेरी फुफेरी बहिन की शादी पिछले महीने हुई थी।
My cousin's (paternal aunt's daughter's) wedding took place last month.
(merii phupherii bahin kii shaadii pichhle mahiine huii thii।)
क्या तुम अपनी फुफेरी बहिन से मिलने जा रहे हो?
Are you going to meet your cousin (paternal aunt's daughter)?
(kyaa tum apnii phupherii bahin se milne jaa rahe ho?)
मेरी फुफेरी बहिन अगले साल विदेश पढ़ने जाएगी।
My cousin (paternal aunt's daughter) will go abroad to study next year.
(merii phupherii bahin agle saal videsh padhne jaaegii।)
काश मेरी फुफेरी बहिन भी इस त्योहार में आ पाती।
I wish my cousin (paternal aunt's daughter) could have come to this festival too.
(kaash merii phupherii bahin bhii is tyohaar men aa paatii।)
अगर मेरी फुफेरी बहिन यहाँ होती, तो हम साथ राखी मनाते।
If my cousin (paternal aunt's daughter) were here, we would celebrate Rakhi together.
(agar merii phupherii bahin yahaan hotii, to ham saath raakhii manaate।)
अपनी फुफेरी बहिन का हाल-चाल पूछ लेना।
Do ask after your cousin (paternal aunt's daughter) and how she's doing.
(apnii phupherii bahin kaa haal-chaal poochh lenaa।)
शायद मेरी फुफेरी बहिन को इस बात की खबर भी न हो।
Perhaps my cousin (paternal aunt's daughter) doesn't even know about this.
(shaayad merii phupherii bahin ko is baat kii khabar bhii n ho।)
उसकी फुफेरी बहिन को परिवार में सबसे समझदार माना जाता है।
His/her cousin (paternal aunt's daughter) is considered the wisest in the family.
(uskii phupherii bahin ko parivaar men sabse samajhdaar maanaa jaataa hai।)
Morphology
Noun
(sg.f.direct):
फुफेरी बहिन
(phupherii bahin)
(sg.f.oblique):
फुफेरी बहिन
(phupherii bahin)
(pl.f.direct):
फुफेरी बहिनें
(phupherii bahinen)
(pl.f.oblique):
फुफेरी बहिनों
(phupherii bahinon)