کڑوا پن
Urdu edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Hindi करवापण (karavāpaṇa). By surface analysis, کَڑْوَا (kaṛvā) + ـپَن (-pan).
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /kəɽ.ʋɑː.pən/
- Hyphenation: کَڑْ‧وَا‧پَن
- Rhymes: -ən
Noun edit
کَڑْوَا پَن • (kaṛvā pan) m (Hindi spelling कड़वापन)
- bitterness, acidity
- Synonyms: کَڑْوَاہَٹ (kaṛvāhaṭ), تَلْخِی (talxī)
Further reading edit
- “کڑوا+پن”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “کڑوا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 488
- “کَڑْوا+پَن”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.