पोका

Hindi

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *pokkas. Compare Bengali পোকা (pōka), Assamese পোক (pük), Sylheti ꠙꠥꠇ (fuk).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /poː.kɑː/, [poː.käː]

Noun

पोका • (pokā) m (Urdu spelling پوکا)

1. caterpillar
2. grub
3. worm

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “पोका”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884) “पोका”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “pōkka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press