कटना

Hindi

Etymology

Hindi verb set
कटना (kaṭnā)
काटना (kāṭnā)
कटाना (kaṭānā)

Ultimately from Sanskrit कर्तति (kartati, “to cut”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /kəʈ.nɑː/, [kɐʈ.näː]

Verb

कटना • (kaṭnā) (intransitive)

1. to be cut; to be bitten
2. to be written out (of a check)

   (deprecated template usage)

   चेक तुम्हारे नाम पे नहीं कटा।

   cek tumhāre nām pe nahī̃ kaṭā.

   The check was not written out in your name.

3. to be cut down in battle, killed
4. to be struck off (e.g. a list); to disappear, be removed

   (deprecated template usage)

   वह क्लास लिस्ट से कट गया।

   vah klās lisṭ se kaṭ gayā.

   He was struck from the class list.

5. to be spent (of money, time, etc.)
6. (colloquial) to make off, to leave

   Synonyms: कट लेना (kaṭ lenā), कट जाना (kaṭ jānā), चले जाना (cale jānā), निकलना (nikalnā), निकल जाना (nikal jānā)

   (deprecated template usage)

   बिन बताए चुपके से वो वहाँ से कट गया।

   bin batāe cupke se vo vahā̃ se kaṭ gayā.

   Without telling he sneakily made off from there.

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “कटना”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press