पूरा

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Hindi

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    Cardinal: एक (ek)
    Ordinal: पहला (pahlā), पहिला (pahilā), प्रथम (pratham)
    Fractional: पूरा (pūrā)

Etymology

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Inherited from Prakrit 𑀧𑀽𑀭𑀬 (pūraya, filling), from Sanskrit पूरक (pūraka, filling), from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- (to fill). Related to Old High German foll, Old Norse fullr (from whence Norwegian and Swedish full and Danish fuld), German voll, Dutch vol, Gothic 𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐍃 (fulls), Lithuanian pilnas, Old Church Slavonic плънъ (plŭnŭ), Latin plēnus, Ancient Greek πλήρης (plḗrēs) and πλέως (pléōs), Old Irish lán, and English full.

Doublet of पूरक (pūrak), a tatsama.

Pronunciation

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  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /puː.ɾɑː/, [puː.ɾäː]
  • Audio:(file)

Adjective

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पूरा (pūrā) (Urdu spelling پورا)

  1. whole
    पूरे आकाश में राख फैल गयी थी।
    pūre ākāś mẽ rākh phail gayī thī.
    Ash had spread across the whole sky.
  2. entire
    पूरी कहानी छाप दो!pūrī kahānī chāp do!Publish the entire story!
  3. complete
    यह कहानी पूरी है।yah kahānī pūrī hai.This story is complete.
  4. fulfilled
    मैं तुम्हारी सारी माँगें पूरी कर दूँगा।
    ma͠i tumhārī sārī māṅgẽ pūrī kar dūṅgā.
    I will fulfill all of your wishes.

Declension

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References

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