रोकना

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Hindi

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Etymology

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Hindi verb set
रुकना (ruknā)
रोकना (roknā)
रुकाना (rukānā)
रुकवाना (rukvānā)

Inherited from Prakrit *𑀭𑁄𑀓𑁆𑀓𑁆 (*rŏkk, to stop), probably from Sanskrit रुध् (rudh, to stop) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓𑁆𑀓- (-kka-), whence also Prakrit 𑀭𑁄𑀟𑁂𑀇 (roḍei, to stop). Cognate with Punjabi ਰੋਕਣਾ (rokṇā) / روکنا (roknā), Sindhi روڪَڻُ / रोकणु (rokaṇu), Nepali रोक्नु (roknu), Bengali রোকা (rōka), Gujarati રોકવું (rokvũ), and Marathi रोखणे (rokhṇe).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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रोकना (roknā) (transitive, Urdu spelling روکنا)

  1. to stop, halt, block
    Synonym: अटकना (aṭaknā)
  2. to restrain, prevent, hinder

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “rōkk”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press