पोखरा

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /poːkʰ.ɾɑː/, [poːkʰ.ɾäː]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Nepali पोखरा (pokharā), from Sanskrit पुष्कर (puṣkara).

Proper noun

पोखरा • (pokhrā) m

1. Pokhara (a city in Gandaki, Nepal)

Declension

Declension of पोखरा (sg-only masc ā-stem)

	singular
direct	पोखरा pokhrā
oblique	पोखरे pokhre
vocative	पोखरे pokhre

Etymology 2

Inherited from Sanskrit पौष्कर (pauṣkara).

Noun

पोखरा • (pokhrā) m

1. pond, pool
2. tank

Declension

Declension of पोखरा (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	पोखरा pokhrā	पोखरे pokhre
oblique	पोखरे pokhre	पोखरों pokhrõ
vocative	पोखरे pokhre	पोखरो pokhro

References

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

Nepali

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pok̞ʰʌɾä]
• Phonetic Devanagari: पोखरा

Proper noun

पोखरा • (pokharā)

1. Pokhara (a city in Nepal)

   पोखरा लेखनाथ महानगरपालिका

   pokharā lekhnāth mahānagarpālikā

   Pokhara Lekhnath Metropolitan City

Declension

Declension of पोखरा
	Singular
nominative	पोखरा [pok̞ʰʌɾä]
accusative	पोखरालाई [pok̞ʰʌɾäläi]
instrumental/ergative	पोखराले [pok̞ʰʌɾäle]
dative	पोखरालाई [pok̞ʰʌɾäläi]
ablative	पोखराबाट [pok̞ʰʌɾäbäʈʌ]
genitive	पोखराको [pok̞ʰʌɾäko]
locative	पोखरामा [pok̞ʰʌɾämä]
Notes: -को (-ko) becomes: -का (-kā) when followed by a plural noun. -की (-kī) when followed by a feminine noun.