Hindi edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑀳𑀤𑀺 (sahadi), from Sanskrit सहते (sahate), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *sáźʰatay, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sáȷ́ʰatay, from Proto-Indo-European *séǵʰeti, from *seǵʰ- (to hold, overpower). Cognate with Bengali সহা (śoha)/সওয়া (śôoẇa), Assamese সহা (xoha).

Pronunciation edit

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /səɦ.nɑː/, [sɛʱ.näː]

Verb edit

सहना (sahnā) (Urdu spelling سہنا)

  1. to bear, suffer
    Synonym: बर्दाश्त करना (bardāśt karnā)
    सह जानाsah jānāto suffer and survive, to suffer without pain
    सह लेनाsah lenāto suffer with strength
    हम इस दर्द को कैसे सह पाएंगे?
    ham is dard ko kaise sah pāeṅge?
    How will we bear such pain?
  2. to tolerate
    आलोचना सहनाālocnā sahnāto tolerate criticism

Conjugation edit

See also edit

Further reading edit

  • McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “सहना”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
  • Bahri, Hardev (1989) “सहना”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “sáhatē”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
  • Helmut Nespital (2008) “सहना”, in Hindī Kriyā-koś [Hindi Verb Compendium]‎[1], Lokbharti Prakashan, →ISBN, page 1128