सरकना

Hindi

Hindi verb set
सरकना (saraknā)
सरकाना (sarkānā)

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑀭𑀤𑀺 (saradi) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓𑁆𑀓- (-kka-)[1], from Sanskrit सरति (sárati), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *sárati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sárati, from Proto-Indo-European *sél-e-ti, from *sel- (to run, flow). Related to सरना (sarnā) without the -𑀓𑁆𑀓- (-kka-) extension. Cognate with Gujarati સરકવું (sarakvũ), Marathi सरकणे (sarakṇe).

Verb

सरकना (saraknā) (intransitive, Urdu spelling سرکنا)

  1. to drag, move in a scraping manner
    सरक जानाsarak jānāto move out of the way, to drag away
    सरक लेनाsarak lenāto move oneself out of the way
  2. to drag on, plod (something abstract)
    काम सरक रहा है।kām sarak rahā hai.The work is going slowly.

Conjugation

References

  1. Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), sárati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

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