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/
- Hyphenation: کَڑْ‧وَا‧پَن
- Rhymes: -ən
Noun
کَڑْوَا پَن • (kaṛvāpan) m (Hindi spelling कड़वापन)
- 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], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.