pukka C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities US /ˈpʌkə/ UK /ˈpʌkə/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adj genuine and of good quality; proper or first-class He served a pukka curry that impressed even the critics. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · genuine and of good... genuineauthenticproperfirst-classrealsuperiorexcellent ↔ Opposites fakeinferiorshoddyspurious Etymology AI details From Hindi/Urdu pakkā ('cooked, ripe, solid, substantial'), brought into English during the British colonial period in India. pakkā Hindi View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # pukka **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈpʌkə/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈpʌkə/ ## Meanings 1. genuine and of good quality; proper or first-class ## Examples - He served a pukka curry that impressed even the critics. ## Synonyms - genuine - authentic - proper - first-class - real - superior - excellent ## Antonyms - fake - inferior - shoddy - spurious ## Roots and Affixes - Root: pakkā ## Etymology From Hindi/Urdu pakkā ('cooked, ripe, solid, substantial'), brought into English during the British colonial period in India. ## AI Etymology Pukka is from Hindi/Urdu pakkā ('cooked, ripe, solid, substantial'), brought into English during the British colonial period in India. Important recorded forms include pakkā (Hindi). The modern sense follows that older lexical line closely. In current use it covers genuine and of good quality; proper or first-class. ## Topics - Describing Qualities markdown