کڑوا پن

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Old Hindi करवापण (karavāpaṇa). By surface analysis, کَڑْوَا‎ (kaṛvā) +‎ ـپَن‎ (-pan).

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /kəɽ.ʋɑː.pən/
  • (Deccani) IPA(key): /kəɽ.ʋɑː.pən/
  • Hyphenation: کَڑْ‧وَا‧پَن
  • Rhymes: -ən

Noun

کَڑْوَا پَن • (kaṛvā pan) m (Hindi spelling कड़वापन)

  1. bitterness, acidity
    Synonyms: کَڑْوَاہَٹ‎ (kaṛvāhaṭ), تَلْخِی‎ (talxī)

Further reading
  • “کڑوا+پن”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “کڑوا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 488
  • “کَڑْوا+پَن”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
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