পৌনে

Bengali

Alternative forms

  • পোনে (pōne)

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]
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /pou̯ne/, [ˈpou̯neˑ], /pone/, [ˈponeˑ]

Adjective

পৌনে • (pōune)

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

Antonyms

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