Urdu edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀡𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸𑀮𑁂𑀤𑀺 (ṇikkāledi), from Sanskrit निष्कालयति (niṣkālayati). Compare Sindhi نِڪارَڻُ / निकारणु, Nepali निकाल्नु (nikālnu), Marathi निखळणे (nikhaḷṇe).[1]

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

نِکَالْنَا (nikālnā) (transitive, Hindi spelling निकालना)

  1. to remove, take out
  2. to extract

Conjugation edit

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

Related terms edit

References edit

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

Further reading edit

  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “نکالنا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.