पाक्नु

Nepali

Etymology

From a verbal derivative of Sanskrit पक्व (pakvá, ripe). Cognate with Punjabi ਪੱਕਣਾ (pakkaṇā) / پَکّݨا (pakkṇā), Saraiki پَکَّݨ (pakkaṇ), Gujarati પાકવું (pākvũ), Nepali पकना (pakanā), Bengali পাকা (paka)[1].

Pronunciation

Verb

पाक्नु (pāknu)

  1. to boil, to be cooked
  2. to ripen
  3. (of funds) to become payable, to mature
  4. to be festered

Conjugation

References

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

Further reading

  • पाक्नु”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (Nepālī Br̥hat Śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
  • Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993), पाक्नु”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar
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