Hindi edit

Hindi verb set
चमकना (camaknā)
चमकाना (camkānā)

Etymology edit

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀘𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀓𑁆𑀓 (*cammakka), from an onomatopoeic 𑀘𑀫𑁆𑀫 (camma) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓𑁆𑀓- (-kka-).[1] Related to चौंकना (ca͠uknā) (perhaps from a variant Ashokan Prakrit 𑀘𑀫𑀓𑁆𑀓 (camakka)), Sanskrit चमत्कार (camatkāra), चमत्कृति (camatkṛti). Cognate with Punjabi ਚਮਕਣਾ (camkaṇā) / چَمَکنا (camaknā), Gujarati ચમકવું (camakvũ), Marathi चमकणे (ċamakṇe).

Pronunciation edit

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /t͡ʃə.mək.nɑː/, [t͡ʃɐ.mɐk.näː]

Verb edit

चमकना (camaknā) (intransitive, Urdu spelling چمکنا)

  1. to shine
  2. to glow

Conjugation edit

References edit

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