Hindi edit

Pronunciation edit

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /kʰəp.nɑː/, [kʰɐp.näː]

Etymology 1 edit

Hindi verb set
खपना (khapnā)
खपाना (khapānā)

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀔𑀧𑁆𑀧𑀤𑀺 (khappadi), the passive of Sanskrit क्षप् (kṣap), from the causative क्षपयति (kṣapayati), from क्षि (kṣi, to destroy), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰgʷʰey-. [1]

Verb edit

खपना (khapnā) (intransitive, Urdu spelling کهپنا)

  1. to be destroyed
  2. to be swallowed up
  3. to be lost
Conjugation edit

Etymology 2 edit

Hindi verb set
खपना (khapnā)
खपाना (khapānā)

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀔𑀧𑁆𑀧 (*khappa). Compare खाप (khāp, sheath).[2]

Verb edit

खपना (khapnā) (intransitive, Urdu spelling کهپنا)

  1. to be fitted (into)
  2. to fit or go (into)
  3. to enter, penetrate
  4. to be mixed up
  5. to remain
Conjugation edit

References edit

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