Hindi edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /pɔː.nɑː/, [pɔː.näː]

Adjective edit

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 edit

References edit

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