See also: دورنا

Urdu edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀤𑀯𑀤𑀺 (davadi) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀟- (-ḍa-), from Sanskrit द्रवति (drávati). Cognate with Punjabi ਦੌੜਣਾ (dauṛṇā) / دَوڑنا (ḍauṛṇā), Sindhi ڊوڙَڻُ (ḍoṛaṇu) / डोड़णु (ḍoṛaṇu), Gujarati દોડવું (doḍvũ), Nepali दौडनु [dauḍanu], Marathi दौडणे (dauḍṇe), Assamese দৌৰা (doura).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

دَوڑْنا (dauṛnā) (Hindi spelling दौड़ना)

  1. to run

Conjugation edit

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

References edit

  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “دوڑنا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “drávati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press