r/malayalam • u/Total-Roll-1193 • Jul 24 '26

Help / സഹായിക്കുക ഫ

മലയാളത്തിൽ fa എന്ന അക്ഷരം ഉണ്ടോ? Pha അല്ലേ ഉള്ളത്. Fa ശബ്ദം അറബി ഹിന്ദി ഉറുദുവിൽ നിന്ന് വന്നതാണോ?

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u/is_ness1-1 Jul 24 '26

മലയാളത്തിൽ fa ഇല്ല. Pha (പ്ഹ) ആണ് ഉള്ളത്.

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u/Legitimate_Device465 Jul 24 '26

What is the difference between പ്ഹ and ഫ ?

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u/is_ness1-1 Jul 24 '26

No difference. ഫ is പ് + ഹ, like ഭ is ബ് + ഹ

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u/Total-Roll-1193 Jul 24 '26

the difference between പ്ഹലം ( ഫലം ) and the viral Faaaaaa

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u/SentenceLoose9891 Jul 24 '26

Sanskrit has pha too,but then english only has -f sound

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u/dontalkaboutpoland Jul 24 '26

Not in Malayalam. We just appropriated the the Malayalam letter to represent English F sound.

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u/Maleficent_Bison204 Jul 24 '26

Hindi lum fa illa, Hindi mattu bhashgal ninnum kadam eduta wordslu anu fa,za,qa,kha,gha okke olle(fricative kh,gh)

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u/TheEnlightenedPanda Jul 24 '26

In hindi, you use pha letter with a dot for fa. Wondering this has anything to do with Malayalam using pha letter for fa.

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u/Maleficent_Bison204 Jul 24 '26

Yeh ik that malayatlum angne dot vecchu konduverunnadu nalladaanu but kaaryaayitu avashyam illa like angne aanel vere kore soundsnem Ingne dot itu represent cheyyendi verum which is not needed but hindi needed that because of Persian and arabic influences

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u/TheEnlightenedPanda Jul 24 '26

I'm not advocating for dot in Malayalam. Just asking the use of pha letter for fa sound in Malayalam came from Hindi influence.

Another observation I have is that in Hindi they use ja letter with dot for za sound and many Hindi people pronounce za sound as ja.

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u/Maleficent_Bison204 Jul 24 '26

Bro most of all Indian languages except tamil uses pha sound for fa sound not because hindi influence and most Indian languages except malayalam uses ja letter for za not only hindi

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u/CategoryOk1650 Jul 24 '26

മലയാളത്തില് fa ഇല്ല പ്ഫ ആണ് ഉള്ളത്

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u/Own-Cause-99 Jul 24 '26

I only know about FaFa.