Urdu edit

Etymology edit

Causative form of کرنا (karnā) with stem augmented by وا ()

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

کروانا (karvānā) (Hindi spelling करवाना)

  1. (transitive) to cause to do, to make do or cause, to have or get done or made
    میری اس سے ملاقات کرواؤ گی کیا؟
    merī us-se mulāqāt karvāo-gī kyā?
    Will you introduce me to her?
    (literally, “Will you do my introduction to her?”)

Usage notes edit

Conjugation edit

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

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Further reading edit

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