खिसकना

Hindi edit

Etymology edit

Hindi verb set
खिसकना (khisaknā)
खिसकाना (khiskānā)

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀔𑀺𑀲𑀤𑀺 (khisadi) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓𑁆𑀓- (-kka-). Compare Punjabi ਖਿਸਕਣਾ (khiskaṇā).

Pronunciation edit

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /kʰɪ.sək.nɑː/, [kʰɪ.sɐk.näː]
  • Rhymes: -ək.nɑː
  • Hyphenation: खि‧सक‧ना

Verb edit

खिसकना (khisaknā) (intransitive, Urdu spelling کھسکنا)

  1. to slide away, move along slowly
    ट्रेन खिसकती पुणे चली।ṭren khisaktī puṇe calī.The train moved along slowly to Pune.

Conjugation edit

References edit

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