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Etymology 1

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Possibly from an unattested Sanskrit *रिश्यते (riśyate, to be torn off), passive of रिशति (riśáti), from the root रिश् (riś, to hurt, tear, pluck off).

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रिसना (risnā) (intransitive, Urdu spelling رِسْنا)

  1. to drip, leak, trickle
    • 1994, Rajeshwari Prasad Chandola, “प्रदूषण और वातावरण की मलिनता”, in आज धरती रोती है (पर्यावरण), Atma Ram & Sons, →ISBN, page 37:
      फैक्टरियाँ निरन्तर इतना धुआँ उगलती हैं कि सन् 1985 को यदि अन्धाधुन्ध गैस रिसने का वर्ष कहा जाए तो कोई अतिशयोक्ति न होगी।
      phaikṭariyā̃ nirantar itnā dhuā̃ ugaltī ha͠i ki san 1985 ko yadi andhādhundh gais risne kā varṣ kahā jāe to koī atiśyokti na hogī.
      Factories continuously spew out so much smoke that it would not be an exaggeration to call the year 1985 'the year of reckless gas leakages'.
    • 2022 January 6, Dr. M. Kumar, “विषय प्रवेश”, in क्या कहता है पानी, page 17:
      [] इस मटके में पानी भर दिया जाता है जिससे धीरे-धीरे जल रिसकर पेड़ को आवश्यकतानुसार पानी पिलाता रहता है।
      [] is maṭke mẽ pānī bhar diyā jātā hai jisse dhīre-dhīre jal riskar peṛ ko āvaśyaktānusār pānī pilātā rahtā hai.
      This pot is filled with water, from which the water slowly trickles out and keeps feeding the tree as per requirement.
  2. to ooze, exude
    पसीना रिसनाpasīnā risnāto sweat (literally, of sweat to exude)
    घाव से ख़ून रिस रहा है
    ghāv se xūn ris rahā hai.
    Blood is oozing from the wound.
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Etymology 2

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Hindi verb set
रिसना (risnā)
रिसाना (risānā)

Inherited from Sanskrit रिष्यति (ríṣyati), from the root रिष् (riṣ, to be hurt, receive harm, suffer wrong; to hurt, injure, destroy), related to रिश् (riś) (Etymology 1). Cognate with Nepali रिसाउनु (risāunu, to be angry), Bengali রিসা (riśa, to be jealous), and Gujarati રિસાવું (risāvũ, to be offended).

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रिसना (risnā) (intransitive, Urdu spelling رِسْنا)

  1. to be angry, vexed; to take offense
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