Hindi

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Etymology

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Hindi verb set
चिरना (cirnā)
चीरना (cīrnā)
चिराना (cirānā)
चिरवाना (cirvānā)

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit *𑀘𑀻𑀭𑁂𑀤𑀺 (*cīredi), from Sanskrit *चीरयति (cīrayati, to split), verbalized from चीर (cī́ra, strip of bark or cloth).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /t͡ʃiːɾ.nɑː/, [t͡ʃiːɾ.näː]

Verb

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चीरना (cīrnā) (transitive, Urdu spelling چیرنا)

  1. to split, rend
  2. to form a path, cut a way

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “cīˊra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press