Jump to content

अटकना

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

Hindi

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]
Hindi verb set
अटकना (aṭaknā)
अटकाना (aṭkānā)
अटकवाना (aṭakvānā)

    Inherited from Proto-New Indo-Aryan *अट्टक्कइ (aṭṭakkaï), from *𑀅𑀝𑁆𑀝- (*aṭṭa-) + -𑀓𑁆𑀓- (-kka-), related to Hindi अड़ना (aṛnā, to be stubborn). Ultimately probably derived from Dravidian. Cognate with Punjabi ਅਟਕਣਾ (aṭakṇā), Gujarati અટકવું (aṭakvũ), Marathi अडकणे (aḍakṇe), Bengali আটকানো (aṭkanō).

    Pronunciation

    [edit]

    Verb

    [edit]

    अटकना (aṭaknā) (intransitive, Urdu spelling اٹکنا)

    1. to be stopped, to stop
      गाड़ी रास्ते में अटक गई।
      gāṛī rāste mẽ aṭak gaī.
      The car stopped working on the way.
    2. to be stuck, jammed, entangled
      Synonym: फँसना (phãsnā)
      पेड़ पर मेरी पतंग अटक गई।
      peṛ par merī pataṅg aṭak gaī.
      My kite got stuck in a tree.
    3. to falter
      बोलते-बोलते अटकनाbolte-bolte aṭaknāto falter as one is speaking
    4. to become involved, to be caught in something
      Synonyms: उलझना (ulajhnā), फँसना (phãsnā)

    Conjugation

    [edit]

    References

    [edit]
    • The template Template:R:hi:Nespital does not use the parameter(s):
      2=12
      Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.
      Helmut Nespital (2008), “अटकना”, in Hindī Kriyā-koś [Hindi Verb Compendium]‎[1], Lokbharti Prakashan, →ISBN, page अटकना
    • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “*aṭṭakk”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
    • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “*aṭṭ²”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press