פלני

עברית

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פלני

/ˈplo.ni/ Modern Israeli
/ˈplo.niː/

Where it comes from

Related to Arabic فُلَان (fulān), Assyrian Neo-Aramaic ܦܠܢ (plān), and (via Arabic) Spanish Fulano. Possibly from the root פ־ל־ה (p-l-h), forming words relating to distinctiveness.

noun פלוני · פְּלֹנִי · plóni

A placeholder name for a person, used when a name is not known; a generic name; so-and-so

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"פלני." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%A4%D7%9C%D7%A0%D7%99. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

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פלני. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%A4%D7%9C%D7%A0%D7%99

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"פלני." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%A4%D7%9C%D7%A0%D7%99.

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {פלני},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%A4%D7%9C%D7%A0%D7%99},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}