পৌনে

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Bengali[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Genitive form of the now-obsolete পৌন (pōun), inherited from Sanskrit *पदून (padūna, “decreased by a quarter”), a compound of पद (pada, “quarter”) +‎ ऊन (ūna, “less”). Cognate with Hindi पौने (paune), Punjabi ਪੌਣੇ (pauṇe).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /pou̯ne/, [ˈpou̯neˑ]
  • (Vanga) IPA(key): /pou̯nɛ/, [ˈpou̯nɛˑ], [ˈɸou̯nɛˑ], /ponɛ/, [ˈponɛˑ], [ˈɸonɛˑ]
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /pou̯ne/, [ˈpou̯neˑ], /pone/, [ˈponeˑ]

Adjective[edit]

পৌনে • (pōune)

  1. decreased by a quarter
  2. (time) quarter to

Antonyms[edit]

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