Pukka Definition
pukə
adjective
Good or first-rate of its kind.
Webster's New World
Upper-class.
Webster's New World
Genuine; authentic.
Webster's New World
Superior; first-class.
American Heritage
Ripe (of fruit)
Wiktionary
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Origin of Pukka
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From Hindi पक्का (pakkā) and Urdu پکا (pakkā), from Sanskrit पक्व (pakva, “cooked, roasted, baked"), from पचति (pácati, “to cook, bake, roast").
From Wiktionary
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Hindi pakkā cooked, ripe from Sanskrit pakva- from pacati he cooks pekw- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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