phutphutin.
/ˌfʌtˈfʌti/, U.S. /ˌfətˈfədi/ Indian English.
A motorized vehicle with a two-stroke engine, a moped; (also) an autorickshaw. Cf. phut-phut n. 2.
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1951 M. R. Anand Seven Summers 78 The sahibs who came on bicycles or ‘phut-phuties’.
1961 Times 23 Jan. (India Suppl) p. vii/5 These noisy contraptions [sc. autorickshaws] are known as ‘phut phuties’, a fair onomatopoeic description.
1984 R. E. Hawkins Common Indian Words in Eng. 74 Phutphuti, a motor cycle.
2002 Statesman (India) (Nexis) 30 Dec. Disturbance due to vehicular traffic (especially the ‘phut-phutties’ or auto rickshaws running constantly up and down the hilly roads) has forced the ‘rishis’ to retreat higher into the bosom of the Himalayas.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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