Chhattisgarhi

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Etymology

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Chhattisgarhi verb set
फिरना (phirnā)
फेरना (phernā)
फेराना (pherānā)

    Inherited from Old Awadhi फिरइ (phiraï), from Apabhramsa 𑆦𑆴𑆫𑆅 (phiraï), from Prakrit फिरइ (phiraï), from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀨𑀺𑀭𑀢𑀺 (*phirati).[1]

    Verb

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    फिरना (phirnā) (intransitive)[2][3]

    1. to roam, wander
    2. to return

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    Hindi

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    Etymology

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    Hindi verb set
    फिरना (phirnā)
    फेरना (phernā)
    फिराना (phirānā)
    फिरवाना (phirvānā)

      Inherited from Middle Hindi پھرْنا (phrna /⁠phirnā⁠/) (c. 1606),[1] from Old Hindi फिरना (phiranā) (c. 1400s), from Apabhramsa 𑆦𑆴𑆫𑆅 (phiraï), from Prakrit फिरइ (phiraï, goes, returns), from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀨𑀺𑀭𑀢𑀺 (*phirati, moves, wanders, turns).[2]

      Pronunciation

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      • (Delhi) IPA(key): /pʰɪɾ.nɑː/, [pʰɪɾ.näː]
      • Hyphenation: फिर‧ना
      • Rhymes: -ɑː

      Verb

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      फिरना (phirnā) (intransitive, Urdu spelling پِھرْنا)

      1. to wander, sightsee
        Synonym: घूमना (ghūmnā)
      2. to turn
      3. to stray, deviate
        उसका दिमाग़ फिर गया।
        uskā dimāġ phir gayā.
        He was not in his senses.
        (literally, “His mind wandered off.”)

      Conjugation

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      References

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      1. ^ پھرنا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
      2. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*phirati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 510:H. phirnā intr. 'to turn'

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