See also: گرنا

Persian edit

Etymology edit

Perhaps from Sogdian.

Noun edit

کرنا (karnâ)

  1. war-horn

Punjabi edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Sanskrit करोति (karoti), from earlier Vedic Sanskrit कृणोति (kṛṇóti).

Verb edit

کرنا (karnā) (Gurmukhi spelling ਕਰਨਾ)

  1. to do

Urdu edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀓𑀭𑁂 (kare) +‎ ـنا (-nā, verbal suffix), the first element of which is from Sanskrit कृ (kṛ, doing, making).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

کَرْنا (karnā) (Hindi spelling करना)

  1. (transitive) to do
    تُم کْیا کَرْتے ہو؟
    tum kyā karte ho?
    What do you do?
  2. to make
  3. to cause

Usage notes edit

Conjugation edit

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

Related terms edit

Further reading edit

  • کرنا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “کرنا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.