पौना
Hindi edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Sanskrit *पदून (padūna, “less by a quarter”), from पद (pada, “quarter”) + ऊन (ūná, “less”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
पौना • (paunā) (Urdu spelling پونا)
- one quarter less
- quarter to
- अभी पौने दो बजे है। ― abhī paune do baje hai. ― Right now, it's quarter to two o'clock.
Declension edit
Declension of पौना (ā-stem)
References edit
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*padūna”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press