પોણું

Gujarati

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit *पदून (padūna, “less by a quarter”). Cognate with Hindustani پَونا (paunā) / पौना (paunā).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Gujarati) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔ.ɳũ/
• Rhymes: -ũ
• Hyphenation: પો‧ણું

Adjective

પોણું • (poṇũ)

1. three-fourths (3/4, ¾, 0.75)
2. forty-five minutes

   મારી મુલાકાત પોણા એક વાગે છે. ― mārī mulākāt poṇā ek vāge che. ― My meeting is at 12:45.

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*padūna”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 438

Further reading

• ભગવતસિંહ [bhagvatsĩh] (1944) “પોણું”, in ભગવદ્ગોમંડલ [bhagvadgomaṇḍal], India, page 5831.
• “પોણું”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-English dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.