पूरा

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.

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /puː.ɾɑː/, [puː.ɾäː]

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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 तुम्हारे सारे माँगों को पूरे कर दूँगा।

   ma͠i tumhāre sāre māṅgõ ko pūre kar dūṅgā.

   I will fulfill all of your wishes.

• पूरी (pūrī)
• पून (pūn)
• पूर्ण (pūrṇ)

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