बिझुकना

Hindi

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Hindi verb set
बिझुकाना (bijhukānā)

Inherited from Prakrit *𑀯𑀺𑀚𑁆𑀛𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀢𑀺 (*vijjhukkati). Related to बिजूका (bijūkā, scarecrow) and obsolete बिझगाह (bijhgāh, scarecrow). Cognate with Braj बिझुंकन (bijhuṅkan), बिझुकान (bijhukān).

Pronunciation

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  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /bɪ.d͡ʒʱʊk.nɑː/, [bɪ.d͡ʒʱʊk.näː]

Verb

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बिझुकना (bijhuknā) (intransitive, Urdu spelling بجھکا)

  1. to be alarmed, startled or frightened
    • 1991, Vipula Jvālāprasāda, Ṭīle:
      एकाएक पत्थर लगने से पेड़ के नीचे बंधी भैंस बिझुक कर रस्सा तुड़ा भाग खड़ी हुई।
      ekāek patthar lagne se peṛ ke nīce bandhī bha͠is bijhuk kar rassā tuṛā bhāg khaṛī huī.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. to be crooked

Conjugation

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