تکنا

Punjabi

Punjabi verb set
تَکّݨا (takkṇā)
تَکاݨا (takāṇā)

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit [Term?], from Sanskrit तर्कयति (tarkáyati).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /t̪ək.kᵊɳäː/

Verb

تَکّݨا • (takkṇā) (Gurmukhi spelling ਤੱਕਣਾ)

1. (intransitive) to look; see
2. (transitive) to watch
3. (transitive) to look for (ie. to find an object)
4. (intransitive) to stare; gaze
5. to see (ie. anticipate; expect; guess)

Synonyms

• ویکھݨا (vekhṇā)

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “تکّن”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• “ਤੱਕਣਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “tarkáyati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press