کڑوا
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Urdu
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Hindi کڙوا (kṛva),[1] from Old Hindi करवा (karavā), from Prakrit 𑀓𑀟𑀼𑀅 (kaḍua), from Sanskrit कटुक (kaṭuka).[2]
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /kəɽ.ʋɑː/
- Rhymes: -ɑː
Adjective
کَڑوا • (kaṛvā) (Hindi spelling कड़वा)
- bitter, acrid
- harsh, coarse
- sharp, pungent
- unpleasant, disagreeable
- Antonym: مِیٹھا (mīṭhā)
Declension
| Declension of کڑوا | |||||
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| masculine | feminine | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| direct | کڑوا (kaṛvā) | کڑوے (kaṛve) | کڑوی (kaṛvī) | کڑوی (kaṛvī) | |
| indirect | کڑوے (kaṛve) | کڑوے (kaṛve) | کڑوی (kaṛvī) | کڑوی (kaṛvī) | |
Derived terms
See also
| Basic tastes in Urdu · ذائِقے (zāiqe) (layout · text) | |||||
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| مِیٹھا (mīṭhā) | کَھٹّا (khaṭṭā) | نَمکِین (namkīn) | کَڑوا (kaṛvā) | تِیکھا (tīkhā) | |
References
Further reading
More information
- “کڑوا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “کڑوا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “کڙوا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- S. W. Fallon (1879) “کڙوا”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 1346
- John Shakespear (1834) “کڙوا”, 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