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/, [pou̯neˑ]
  • (Vanga) IPA(key): /pou̯nɛ/, [pou̯nɛ], [ɸou̯nɛ], /ponɛ/, [ponɛ], [ɸonɛ]
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /pou̯nɛ/, [pou̯nɛˑ], /pou̯ne/, [pou̯neˑ], /ponɛ/, [ponɛˑ], /pone/, [poneˑ]

Adjective

পৌনে • (pōune) (comparative আরও পৌনে, superlative সবচেয়ে পৌনে)

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

Antonyms
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