Hindi edit

Pronunciation edit

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /kʰə.pɑː.nɑː/, [kʰɐ.päː.näː]

Etymology 1 edit

Hindi verb set
खपना (khapnā)
खपाना (khapānā)

Causative form of खपना (khapnā).[1]

Verb edit

खपाना (khapānā) (transitive, Urdu spelling کهپانا)

  1. to destroy
  2. to ruin, ravage, lay waste
  3. to end, finish, complete, exhaust
  4. to use, expend, consume, waste
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

खपाना (khapānā) (transitive, Urdu spelling کهپانا)

  1. to take in or into
  2. to swallow up
  3. to absorb
  4. to dry up
  5. to mix
  6. to cause to enter
  7. to put or fit (into)
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