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padauk

padauk noun: any of the trees of the pantropical genus Pterocarpus.

Noun

padauk (usually uncountable, plural padauks)

  1. (usually) Any of the trees of the pantropical genus Pterocarpus.
  2. (usually) The valuable timber of these trees.
    • In the dusty workroom her artificially red ponytail glowed like padauk, one of the exotic veneers she uses in her work.2008 May 27, Carol Kino, “An Artist Breathes New Life Into Renaissance Ways With Wood”, in New York Times
    Synonyms:
    mukwa, narra

padauk meaning in Gujarati, Thai and Myanmar

padauk in Gujarati

padauk, Pterocarpus
પદૌક padauk

padauk in Thai

Translations
ประดู่ bprà-dùu

padauk in Myanmar

Translations
ပိတောက် pi.tauk

Synonyms of padauk

Forms of padauk

pluralpadauks

Origin of padauk

From Burmese ပိတောက် (pi.tauk).

Questions about padauk

What does padauk mean?
Padauk means any of the trees of the pantropical genus Pterocarpus.
What is padauk in Gujarati?
Padauk in Gujarati is પદૌક (padauk). See Padauk meaning in Gujarati.
What part of speech is padauk?
Padauk is a noun.
What is the plural of padauk?
The plural of padauk is padauks.

Words near padauk in the dictionary

  1. Padaoil
  2. padar
  3. Padarn
  4. padas
  5. Padasjoki
  6. padauk
  7. padauks
  8. Padaung
  9. Padaungs
  10. padawan
  11. padawans

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: padauk (page history and authors); પદૌક (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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