पूरा

See also: परा

Hindi

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Cardinal: एक (ek)     Ordinal: पहला (pahlā), पहिला (pahilā), प्रथम (pratham)     Fractional: पूरा (pūrā)

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀧𑀽𑀭𑀬 (pūraya, “filling”), from Sanskrit पूरक (pūraka, “filling”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- (“to fill”). Related to Old High German foll, Old Norse fullr (from whence Norwegian and Swedish full and Danish fuld), German voll, Dutch vol, Gothic 𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐍃 (fulls), Lithuanian pilnas, Old Church Slavonic плънъ (plŭnŭ), Latin plēnus, Ancient Greek πλήρης (plḗrēs) and πλέως (pléōs), Old Irish lán, and English full.

Doublet of पूरक (pūrak), a tatsama.

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /puː.ɾɑː/, [puː.ɾäː]

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Adjective

पूरा • (pūrā) (Urdu spelling پورا)

1. whole

   पूरे आकाश में राख फैल गयी थी।

   pūre ākāś mẽ rākh phail gayī thī.

   Ash had spread across the whole sky.

2. entire

   पूरी कहानी छाप दो! ― pūrī kahānī chāp do! ― Publish the entire story!

3. complete

   यह कहानी पूरी है। ― yah kahānī pūrī hai. ― This story is complete.

4. fulfilled

   मैं तुम्हारी सारी माँगें पूरी कर दूँगा।

   ma͠i tumhārī sārī māṅgẽ pūrī kar dūṅgā.

   I will fulfill all of your wishes.

Declension

Declension of पूरा (ā-stem)

	masculine		feminine
	singular	plural	singular	plural
direct	पूरा pūrā	पूरे pūre	पूरी pūrī	पूरी pūrī
oblique	पूरे pūre	पूरे pūre	पूरी pūrī	पूरी pūrī
vocative	पूरे pūre	पूरे pūre	पूरी pūrī	पूरी pūrī

Related terms

• पूरी (pūrī)
• पून (pūn)
• पूर्ण (pūrṇ)

References

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