See also: گرنا

Persian

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Etymology

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Perhaps from Sogdian.

Noun

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کرنا (karnâ)

  1. war-horn

Punjabi

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Etymology

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Punjabi verb set
کَرݨا (karṇā)
کَراوݨا (karāvṇā)
کَرواݨا (karoāṇā)

Inherited from Sanskrit करोति (karoti), from earlier Vedic Sanskrit कृणोति (kṛṇóti).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kə.ɾə̆.ɲäː/, /kəɾ(ə̆).nä/, /kər.nä/
  • Audio (Eastern Punjab):(file)

Verb

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کَرݨا (karṇā) (ambitransitive, Gurmukhi spelling ਕਰਨਾ)

  1. (transitive) to do, act, perform
  2. (transitive) an element of a compound verb: makes most (especially borrowed) adjectives and nouns into verbs
    صاف کَرݨا
    ṣāf karṇā
    To clean
  3. (transitive, auxiliary) to do habitually

References

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  • کرنا”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024

Urdu

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Etymology

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Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀓𑀭𑁂 (kare) +‎ ـنا (-nā, verbal suffix), the first element of which is from Sanskrit कृ (kṛ, doing, making).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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کَرْنا (karnā) (Hindi spelling करना)

  1. (transitive) to do
    تُم کْیا کَرْتے ہو؟
    tum kyā karte ho?
    What do you do?
  2. to make
  3. to cause

Usage notes

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Conjugation

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

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  • کرنا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “کرنا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.