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Urdu
Etymology
Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀘𑀼𑀡𑁆𑀡 (cuṇṇa), from Sanskrit चूर्ण (cūrṇa, “lime; powder”).
Pronunciation
Noun
چُونا • (cūnā) m (Hindi spelling चूना)
- lime, chalk
- (Karachi) a scam, swindle
Declension
| Declension of چونا
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singular
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plural
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| direct
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چُونا (cūnā)
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چُونے (cūne)
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| oblique
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چُونے (cūne)
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چُونوں (cūnõ)
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| vocative
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چُونے (cūne)
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چُونو (cūno)
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Further reading
- “چونا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “چونا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “چونا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “چونا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- S. W. Fallon (1879) “چونا”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 551
- John Shakespear (1834) “چونا”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC