pukka
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Etymology [edit]
From Hindi पक्का (pakkā) and Urdu پکا (pakkā), from Sanskrit पक्व (pakva, “cooked, roasted, baked”), from पचति (pácati, “to cook, bake, roast”).
Pronunciation [edit]
Adjective [edit]
pukka (comparative more pukka, superlative most pukka)
- genuine or authentic
- superior or of high quality; first-class
- 1884, Kipling, The Gate of the Hundred Sorrows
- Mind you, it was a pukka, respectable opium-house, and not one of those stifling, sweltering chandoo-khanas, that you can find all over the City.
- 1884, Kipling, The Gate of the Hundred Sorrows
- ripe (of fruit)
- fully cooked (of food)
Translations [edit]
genuine or authentic
