کروانا

Urdu

Etymology

Causative form of کرنا(karnā) with stem augmented by وا (vā)

Pronunciation

Verb

کروانا (karvānā) (Hindi spelling करवाना)

  1. (transitive) to cause to do, to make do or cause, to have or get done or made
    میری اس سے ملاقات کرواؤ گی کیا؟
    merī us-se mulāqāt karvāo-gī kyā?
    Will you introduce me to her?
    (literally, “Will you do my introduction to her?”)

Usage notes

  • Forms a large number of compound verbs, for example شادی کروانا (śādī karvānā) means "to have or get wedded" and is formed with the noun شادی (śādī, wedding).

Conjugation


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

Further reading

  • کروانا”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
  • Platts, John T. (1884), کروانا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
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