पौना

Hindi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /pɔː.nɑː/, [pɔː.näː]

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
Declension of पौना (ā-stem)
masculine feminine
singular plural singular plural
direct पौना
paunā		 पौने
paune		 पौनी
paunī		 पौनी
paunī
oblique पौने
paune		 पौने
paune		 पौनी
paunī		 पौनी
paunī
vocative पौने
paune		 पौने
paune		 पौनी
paunī		 पौनी
paunī

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