खिसकना

Hindi

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Etymology

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Hindi verb set
खिसकना (khisaknā)
खिसकाना (khiskānā)

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

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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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

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References

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  • 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