चाहना

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀘𑀸𑀳𑀤𑀺 (cāhadi), from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀘𑀸𑀳𑁆 (*cāh).

Chatterji tied this to Ashokan Prakrit 𑀘𑀖𑀢𑀺 (caghati, to strive towards), from Sanskrit चक्ष् (cakṣ, to see)[1]; modern scholarship has instead tied the Ashokan term to शक् (śak, to be able to).[2] The Ashokan is probably not the source of the NIA terms; see there for more.

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /t͡ʃɑːɦ.nɑː/, [t͡ʃäːɦ.n̪äː]

Verb

चाहना (cāhnā) (transitive, Urdu spelling چاہنا)

  1. to want, desire
    तू क्या करना चाहता है?
    tū kyā karnā cāhtā hai?
    What do you want to do?
    मैं बड़ा होके वैज्ञानिक बनना चाहता हूँ
    ma͠i baṛā hoke vaigyānik bannā cāhtā hū̃.
    I want to be a scientist when I grow up.
  2. to wish
  3. (modal) should, ought to

Conjugation

References

  1. Chatterji, Suniti Kumar (1926) The Origin and Development of the Bengali Language, volume 2, Calcutta: Calcutta University Press, page 878
  2. George Cardona and Dhanesh Jain, editors (2003) The Indo-Aryan Languages (Routledge Language Family Series), Routledge, →ISBN, page 197
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