Hindi

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Etymology

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Inherited from Sanskrit *पदून (padūna, less by a quarter), from पद (pada, quarter) +‎ ऊन (ūná, less).[1]

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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पौना (paunā) (Urdu spelling پونا)

  1. one quarter less
  2. quarter to
    अभी पौने दो बजे है।
    abhī paune do baje hai.
    Right now, it's quarter to two o'clock.

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*padūna”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press