faltu
/ˈfɑːl.tuː/adjective
faltu is an adjective meaning “Useless; unnecessary; of no value or purpose” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-A-L-T-U, and it appears about once in every 81 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does faltu mean?
adjective
- 1
IndiainformalUseless; unnecessary; of no value or purpose.
Stop wasting time on these faltu arguments.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce faltu?
- /ˈfɑːl.tuː/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of faltu
- more faltu comparative
- most faltu superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is faltu?
Faltu appears about once in every 81 million words in written English, the 286,585th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does faltu come from?
Borrowed from Hindi फालतू (phāltū, “useless, unnecessary”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).