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- Dictionarypukka/ˈpʌkə/
adjective
- 1. genuine: "the more expensive brands are pukka natural mineral waters" Similar Opposite
- 2. excellent: British "hey, man, that shirt's pukka"
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adjective. UK uk / ˈpʌk.ə / us / ˈpʌk.ə / Add to word list. old-fashioned. real: a nice little Italian restaurant serving pukka pizzas and pasta. slang. of excellent quality: I've had some pukka food there. extremely formal and educated: He's not one of the pukka types she usually favours. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
: genuine, authentic. also : first-class. Did you know? Pukka tends to evoke the height of 18th- and 19th-century British imperialism in India, and, indeed, it was first used in print in English in 1776, in transcripts of the trial of Maha Rajah Nundocomar, who was accused of forgery and tried, in 1775, by a British court in Bengal.
If you describe something or someone as pukka, you mean that they are real or genuine, and of good quality.
Definition of pukka adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Pukka definition: genuine, reliable, or good; proper.. See examples of PUKKA used in a sentence.
pucka. Bharat, India, Republic of India - a republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947. superior - of high or superior quality or performance; "superior wisdom derived from experience"; "superior math students".
Definitions of pukka. adjective. absolutely first class and genuine. “ pukka sahib”. “ pukka quarters with a swarm of servants”. synonyms: pucka. superior. of high or superior quality or performance.
From Hindi पक्का (pakkā) and Urdu پکا (pakkā), from Sanskrit पक्व (pakva, “cooked, roasted, baked" ), from पचति (pácati, “to cook, bake, roast" ). From Wiktionary. Hindi pakkā cooked, ripe from Sanskrit pakva- from pacati he cooks pekw- in Indo-European roots.
Of or appropriate to high or respectable society. The word, which comes from Hindi pakkā ‘cooked, ripe, substantial’, is used first (in the mid 17th century) of a weight or measure, meaning full, good; in extended usage, this came (in the late 18th century) to mean sure, certain, reliable.
pukka adjective & noun. Meaning & use. 1. 2. adjective. 1. 1619–. Esp. in South Asian contexts: (of a weight or measure) full, good; the largest possible; (in extended use) complete, in full measure. Now rare. Often applied to the larger of two units or weights of the same name.
