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puk⋅ka
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–adjective
Anglo-Indian
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genuine, reliable, or good; proper.
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Origin:
1690–1700;
< Hindi
pakkā
cooked, ripe, mature
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puk·ka also puck·a
(pŭk'ə)
adj.
Genuine; authentic.
Superior; first-class.
[Hindi
pakkā
,
cooked, ripe
, from Sanskrit
pakva-
, from
pacati
,
he cooks
; see
pek
w
-
in Indo-European roots.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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