पौना

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Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit *पदून (padūna, less by a quarter), from पद (pada, quarter) +‎ ऊन (ūná, less).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /pɔː.nɑː/,

Adjective

पौना (paunā) (Urdu spelling پونا)

  1. one quarter less
  2. quarter to
    अभी पौने दो बजे है।
    abhī paune do baje hai.
    Right now, it's quarter to two o'clock.

Declension

References

  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*padūna”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press