कसना

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Hindi[edit]

Hindi verb set
कसाना (kasānā)
कसवाना (kasvānā)

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /kəs.nɑː/, [kɐs.näː]
  • Rhymes: -əs.nɑː
  • Hyphenation: कस‧ना

Etymology 1[edit]

Inherited from Sanskrit कर्षति (karṣati, it draws, pulls), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *kárṣati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *káršati, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷéls-e-ti, from *kʷels- (to pull, drag).

Verb[edit]

कसना (kasnā) (intransitive, Urdu spelling کسنا)

  1. to tighten
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Etymology 2[edit]

Inherited from Sanskrit कषति (kaṣati, it tests), from Proto-Indo-European *kars-.

Verb[edit]

कसना (kasnā) (transitive, Urdu spelling کسنا)

  1. to test (purity) by rubbing against a touchstone
  2. to test against or judge according to (a given standard)
    सच्चाई की कसौटी पर कसनाsaccāī kī kasauṭī par kasnāto judge against the truth
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