As a Hindi name
पून
full
Śabdasāgara also records: पवित्र · शुभ । अच्छा । भला
Cited formation "पून" is पू + -न: पू means "= pūʼā, q.v", and the suffix -न forms abstract nouns (masc. or fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(18) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "पून" is पूना + -न: पूना means "कनपून या पून नाम का सदाबाहर पेड़", and the suffix -न forms abstract nouns (masc. or fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(18) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit
“Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós Proto-Indo-Iranian *pr̥Hnás Sanskrit पू॒र्ण (pūrṇá) Prakrit 𑀧𑀼𑀡𑁆𑀡 (puṇṇa) Hindi पून Inherited from Prakrit 𑀧𑀼𑀡𑁆𑀡 (puṇṇa), from Sanskrit पू॒र्ण (pūrṇá), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pr̥H…” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
destroyed (= vi-naṣṭa), Vārtt. 3
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Gender counterpart
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Dictionary citations
pūna mfn. destroyed (= vi-naṣṭa), Pāṇ. viii, 2, 44, Vārtt. 3, Pat.
pūna a. Destroyed (p. p. of ‘pū to destroy’).
pūna mfn. (-naḥ-nā-naṃ) Lost, destroyed. E. pū to purify, aff. kra, deriv. irr; also pūta.
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