Urdu edit

Urdu verb set
بِکْنا (biknā)
بیچْنا (becnā)
بِکْوانا (bikvānā)

Etymology edit

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀯𑁂𑀘𑁆𑀘𑀤𑀺 (veccadi), from Sanskrit *वेत्ययति (vetyayati), which was denominalised from one of the derivatives of the root वी (); compare Sanskrit वेति (véti, to procure), वेतन (vetana, wages; price).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

بیچْنا (becnā) (transitive, Hindi spelling बेचना)

  1. to sell

Conjugation edit

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

Further reading edit

  • بیچنا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • بیچنا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*vētyayati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press