पौना

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Hindi

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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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

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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

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