पोखरा

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) 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)

Etymology 2

From Sanskrit पौष्कर (pauṣkara).

Noun

पोखरा • (pokhrā) m

1. pond, pool
2. tank

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

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Nepali

Proper noun

पोखरा • (pokharā)

1. Pokhara

   पोखरा लेखनाथ महानगरपालिका  ―  pokharā lekhnāth mahānagarpālikā  ―  Pokhara Lekhnath Metropolitan City