পৌনে

Bengali

Etymology

Genitive form of the now-obsolete পৌন (pōun), inherited from Sanskrit *पदून (padūna, “decreased by a quarter”), a compound of पद (pada, “quarter”) +‎ ऊन (ūna, “less”). Cognate with Hindi पौने (paune), Punjabi ਪੌਣੇ (pauṇe).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /pou̯ne/, [ˈpou̯neˑ]
• (Vanga) IPA^(key): /pou̯nɛ/, [ˈpou̯nɛˑ], [ˈɸou̯nɛˑ], /ponɛ/, [ˈponɛˑ], [ˈɸonɛˑ]
• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /pou̯ne/, [ˈpou̯neˑ], /pone/, [ˈponeˑ]

Adjective

পৌনে • (pōune)

1. decreased by a quarter
2. (time) quarter to

Antonyms

• সওয়া (śoōẇa)