کھینچنا

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀔𑀺𑀦𑁆𑀘𑁆- (*khinc-, “to drag, pull”). Compare Punjabi کِھچّݨا‎ (khiccṇā) / ਖਿੱਚਣਾ (khiccaṇā), Gujarati ખેંચવું (kheñcvũ), Marathi खेचणे (kheċṇe), Bengali খেঁচা (khẽca).

Pronunciation

Verb

کَھین٘چنا • (khaiṉcnā) (Hindi spelling खींचना) (transitive)

  1. to pull
  2. to stretch
  3. to draw tight
  4. to shoot, take a picture (to capture)
    ‏تصویر کھینچو!‎‎
    taṣvīr khainco!
    take a photo!

Conjugation


  • Note: The second-person polite form آپ‎ (āp) uses the third-person plural conjugation.

References

  • “کھینچنا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “کھینچنا”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
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