পাকা

Bengali

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit पक्व (pakva), whence also পক্ব (pôkko), a tatsama. Doublet of পাক (pak, cooking, digestion), পাকস্থলী (pakostholī, stomach) and পাকঘর (pakoghor, kitchen).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pa.ka/, [ˈpa.ka]
    • (file)
  • Rhymes: -aka
  • Hyphenation: পা‧কা

Adjective

পাকা • (paka) (comparative আরও পাকা, superlative সবচেয়ে পাকা)

  1. ripe; mature
    Antonym: কাঁচা (kãca)
    এই ফলটা পাকা
    ei pholṭa paka.
    This fruit is ripe.
  2. precocious

Verb

পাকা • (paka)

  1. to ripen; to mature
  2. (hair) to gray
    আমার চুল পাকতে শুরূ করেছে।
    amar cul pakte śuru koreche.
    My hair has started to gray.

Usage notes

  • The compound verb form, পেকে যাওয়া (peke jaōẇa) is also common and synonymous.

Conjugation

Further reading

  • Accessible Dictionary, Government of Bangladesh
  • Accessible Dictionary, Government of Bangladesh
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