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meaning 'genuine', is derived from a Hindi word pakkā meaning 'ripe, substantial'. This spelling is preferred to pucka and pukkah.

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IN BRIEF: adj. - Absolutely first class and genuine.

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pukka
adjective   
1 properly or perfectly done, constructed, cooked, etc

that's a pukka road they've laid down

2 genuine; authentic

he's not even a pukka Indian

3 informal excellent

it's the first time I've been to carnival and I thought it was pukka

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adjective
adjective, Brit

Excellent, of the highest quality; fashionable. (1991 —) .
Observer Girls mug girls for jewellery or pukka clothes (1998).

[From earlier sense, genuine.]

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - god, førsteklasses

Nederlands (Dutch)
echt

Français (French)
adj. - (GB) vrai de vrai

Deutsch (German)
adj. - richtig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - γνήσιος, βέρος

Italiano (Italian)
autentico, genuino, vero

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - firme, sólido, genuíno

Русский (Russian)
первоклассный, подлинный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - auténtico, genuino

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - riktig, verklig, prima

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
真正的, 坚固的, 一流的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 真正的, 堅固的, 一流的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 무게가 충분한, 고급의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 目方の十分な, 真正の, 永久的な, 信用すべき, 本当の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) أصلي, حقيقي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮יציב, מאיכות טובה, אמיתי‬

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