पाक्नु

Nepali

Etymology

From a verbal derivative of Sanskrit पक्व (pakvá, ripe). Cognate with Punjabi ਪੱਕਣਾ (pakkaṇā) / پَکّݨا (pakkṇā), Saraiki پَکَّݨ (pakkaṇ), Gujarati પાકવું (pākvũ), Nepali पकना (pakanā), Bengali পাকা (paka)[1].

Pronunciation

Verb

पाक्नु • (pāknu)

  1. to boil, to be cooked
  2. to ripen
  3. (of funds) to become payable, to mature
  4. to be festered

Conjugation

References

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

Further reading

  • पाक्नु”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
  • Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993) “पाक्नु”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar
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