Hindi edit

Hindi verb set
कूदना (kūdnā)
कुदाना (kudānā)

Etymology edit

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit *𑀓𑀼𑀤𑁆𑀤𑀤𑀺 (*kuddadi), from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀓𑀼𑀤𑁆𑀤𑀢𑀺 (*kuddati), probably from Dravidian. Compare Sanskrit कूर्द् (kūrd, to jump) and कूर्दति (kūrdati, jumps) (a Sanskritization of the Prakrit forms), and Tamil குதி (kuti). Cognate with Marathi कुदणे (kudṇe) and Gujarati કુદવું (kudvũ).

Pronunciation edit

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /kuːd̪.nɑː/, [kuːd̪̚.näː]

Verb edit

कूदना (kūdnā) (intransitive, Urdu spelling کودنا)

  1. to jump, leap
    राजेश नदी के किनारे से कूद पड़ा
    rājeś nadī ke kināre se kūd paṛā.
    Rajesh jumped from the shores of the river.

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References edit

  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kūˊrdati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
  • Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “कूदना”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House