pukka

[ puhk-uh ]

/ ˈpʌk ə /

genuine, reliable, or good; proper.

Origin of pukka

First recorded in 1690–1700, pukka is from the Hindi word pakkā cooked, ripe, mature

puka, pukatea, puke, pukeko, pukey, pukka, pukka sahib, puku, pul, pula, pulao

Well, he went along and we waited for his return at the pukka ghat.

Indian Ghost Stories |S. Mukerji
Well, we procured the peg and the hammer and proceeded to the pukka ghat.

Indian Ghost Stories |S. Mukerji
Now we were to have a pukka station-master and, presumably, suitable premises.

Cottage Building in Cob, Pis, Chalk and Clay |Clough Williams-Ellis
The shops stood on granite plinths, pukka brick above, and tile-roofed.

From Sea to Sea |Rudyard Kipling

They had begotten "Pukka" Cunningham, who had hacked the name deeper yet in the crisscrossed annals of a land of war.

Rung Ho! |Talbot Mundy

pukka

/ (ˈpʌkə) /

properly or perfectly done, constructed, etc a pukka road

genuine pukka sahib

C17: from Hindi pakkā firm, from Sanskrit pakva