Hindi edit

Etymology edit

Hindi verb set
चढ़ना (caṛhnā)
चढ़ाना (caṛhānā)
चढ़वाना (caṛhvānā)

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀘𑀠𑀤𑀺 (caḍhadi), from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀘𑀠𑀢𑀺 (*caḍhati), with further origin unknown. Presence of retroflexion may point towards a substrate borrowing.

Cognate with Punjabi ਚੜ੍ਹਨਾ (caṛhnā), Nepali चढ्नु (caḍhnu), Gujarati ચઢવું (caḍhvũ), Bengali চড়া (coṛa), and Marathi चढ़णे.

Pronunciation edit

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /t͡ʃəɽʱ.nɑː/, [t͡ʃɐɽʱ.näː]

Verb edit

चढ़ना (caṛhnā) (Urdu spelling چڑھنا)

  1. to climb
    वह पेड़ पर चढ़ना नहीं जानता।
    vah peṛ par caṛhnā nahī̃ jāntā.
    He does not know how to climb a tree.
  2. to rise, to ascend
  3. to mount
    • The Bible, Psalms 58.7:
      वे घुलकर बहते हुए पानी के समान हो जाएं; जब वे अपने तीर चढ़ाएं, तब तीर मानों दो टुकड़े हो जाएं
      ve ghulkar bahte hue pānī ke samān ho jāẽ; jab ve apne tīr caṛhāẽ, tab tīr mānõ do ṭukṛe ho jāẽ
      that they, as if carried by water, pass away, that when they mount their arrows the arrows be broken in pieces
  4. to board

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