Hindi

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Etymology

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Hindi verb set
पकना (paknā)
पकाना (pakānā)
पकवाना (pakvānā)

From a verbal derivative of Sanskrit पक्व (pakvá, ripe) (whence पक्का (pakkā, ripe; firm)), from the root पच् (pac), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pekʷ-. Cognate with Punjabi ਪੱਕਣਾ (pakkaṇā) / پَکّݨا (pakkṇā), Saraiki پَکَّݨ (pakkaṇ), Gujarati પાકવું (pākvũ), Nepali पाक्नु (pāknu), Bengali পাকা (paka).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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पकना (paknā) (intransitive, Urdu spelling پَکنا)

  1. to be cooked
  2. to ripen; to mature
    इस मौसम में आम जल्दी पक जाएँगे।
    is mausam mẽ ām jaldī pak jāeṅge.
    In this weather the mangoes will ripen soon.
  3. to come to a head; to suppurate
    पका घावpakā ghāvsuppurating wound
  4. to harden; to be fixed, baked
    ईंट पकनाī̃ṭ paknāfor bricks to harden (in the sun)
  5. to turn white or grey (of hair)
  6. (colloquial) to be fed up; to be bored
    Synonyms: तंग आना (taṅg ānā), ऊबना (ūbnā)
    उसकी किचकिच सुनते-सुनते पक चुका हूँ मैं।
    uskī kickic sunte-sunte pak cukā hū̃ ma͠i.
    I'm tired of listening to his prattle.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “pakvá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press