کڑوا پن

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Old Hindi करवापण (karavāpaṇa). By surface analysis, کَڑْوَا (kaṛvā) +‎ ـپَن (-pan).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /kəɽ.ʋɑː.pən/
• Hyphenation: کَڑْ‧وَا‧پَن
• Rhymes: -ən

Noun

کَڑْوَا پَن • (kaṛvā pan) m (Hindi spelling कड़वापन)

1. bitterness, acidity

   Synonyms: کَڑْوَاہَٹ (kaṛvāhaṭ), تَلْخِی (talxī)

Further reading

• “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.