ناچنا

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Old Hindi नाचना (nācanā), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀡𑀘𑁆𑀘𑀤𑀺 (ṇaccadi), from Sanskrit नृत्यति (nṛ́tyati).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /nɑːt͡ʃ.nɑː/
  • (Deccani) IPA(key): /nɑːt͡ʃ.nɑː/
  • Hyphenation: نَاچْ‧نَا
  • Rhymes: -ɑː

Verb

نَاچْنَا (nācnā) (Hindi spelling नाचना) (intransitive)

  1. to dance

Conjugation


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

Further reading

  • ناچنا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), ناچنا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 631
  • ناچنا”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), nŕ̊tyati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 427
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