फसणे

Marathi

Etymology

Marathi verb set
फसणे (phasṇe)
फसवणे (phasavṇe)

Inherited from Sanskrit स्पश्यते (spaśyate). Compare Hindi फँसना (phãsnā), Sindhi ڦَسَڻُ / फसणु (phāsaṇu), Punjabi ਫਸਣਾ (phasṇā) / پھسنا (phsnā).

Pronunciation

• (formal) IPA^(key): /pʰəs.ɳe/
• (colloquial) IPA^(key): /pʰəs.ɳə/

Verb

फसणे • (phasṇe) (intransitive)

1. to be tricked, outwitted
2. to be stuck, trapped
3. to be betrayed

Synonyms

• गंडणे (gaṇḍṇe)

References

• Berntsen, Maxine, “फसणे”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “फसणें”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “फसणें”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “spāśáyati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press