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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