See also: لکانا

Urdu

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Etymology

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Urdu verb set
لگنا
لاگنا
لگانا
لَگوانا (lagvānā)

Inherited from Sanskrit लागयति (lāgayati).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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لگانا (lagānā) (transitive, Hindi spelling लगाना)

  1. (transitive) to affix, attach, join
  2. (transitive) to place; install; setup (physical item)
  3. (transitive) to apply, spread
    مکھن لگاناmakkhan lagānāto apply butter
  4. to deploy, post, appoint
    اُسے کوئی کام پہ لگا ود
    use koī kām pih lagā do
    Put him to some work
  5. (transitive) to put on, turn on
    پروگرام لگاناprogrām lagānāto put on (the) program
    ٹی وی لگاناṭī vī lagānāto put on (the) telly
  6. (transitive) to put onto, post
    اُس نے ویڈیو یوٹیوب پر لگا دی
    us ne vīḍiyo yūṭiyūb par lagā
    He posted the video on YouTube.
  7. (transitive) to impose
    شرط لگاناśart lagānāto bet (literally, “to impose a bet”)
  8. (transitive) to consume, use
    وقت لگاناvaqt lagānāto take time (literally, “to consume time”)
  9. to slap, hit
  10. (transitive) to park (a vehicle)

Conjugation

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

References

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  • لگانا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • لگانا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.