Urdu edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *ráźʰati, but of uncertain ultimate origin. See Sanskrit रहस् (rahas) for details.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

رَہْنا (rahnā) (Hindi spelling रहना)

  1. to live
  2. to reside
    Synonym: بَسْنا (basnā)
  3. to stay, to remain
  4. (auxiliary, in perfective, forming continuous tenses) to be (...-ing)

Conjugation edit

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