کڑوا
Urdu
Etymology
Inherited from Old Hindi करवा (karavā), from Prakrit 𑀓𑀟𑀼𑀅 (kaḍua), from Sanskrit कटुक (kaṭuka).
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) | |
| vocative | کڑوے (kaṛve) | کڑوے (kaṛve) | کڑوی (kaṛvī) | کڑوی (kaṛvī) | |
Derived terms
- کَڑواپَن (kaṛvāpan)
- کَڑواہَٹ (kaṛvāhaṭ)
See also
| Basic tastes in Urdu · ذائِقے (zāiqe) (layout · text) | |||||
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| مِیٹھا (mīṭhā) | کَھٹّا (khaṭṭā) | نَمکِین (namkīn) | کَڑوا (kaṛvā) | تِیکھا (tīkhā) | چَٹ پَٹا (caṭ-paṭā) |
References
- “کڑوا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- Platts, John Thompson (1884) “کڙوا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., →ISBN, →OCLC
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