پکنا

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Urdu

Etymology

From a verbal derivative of Sanskrit पक्व (pakvá, ripe) (whence پَکّا (pakkā, ripe; firm)). Cognate with Punjabi ਪੱਕਣਾ (pakkaṇā) / پَکّݨا (pakkṇā), Saraiki پَکَّݨ (pakkaṇ), Gujarati પાકવું (pākvũ), Nepali पाक्नु (pāknu), Bengali পাকা (paka).

Pronunciation

Verb

پَکْنا (paknā) (intransitive, Hindi spelling पकना)

  1. to be cooked
  2. to ripen
    اِس مَوسم میں آم جلدی پک جائیں گے
    In this weather the mangoes will ripen soon.
    1. to harden, become firm
    2. to whiten due to age (of hair)

Conjugation

  • Note: The second-person polite form آپ (āp) uses the third-person plural conjugation.

References

  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “pakvá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
  • paknaa”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.