उलटना

Hindi

Etymology

Hindi verb set
उलटना (ulaṭnā)
उलटाना (ulṭānā)
उलटवाना (ulaṭvānā)

    Inherited from Old Hindi उलटना (ulaṭanā), a verbal derivative from Prakrit उल्लट्ट (ullaṭṭa, turned over). Related to पलटना (palaṭnā). Possibly a doublet of लौटना (lauṭnā).

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    उलटना • (ulaṭnā) (ambitransitive, Urdu spelling اُلَٹْنَا)

    1. to reverse

    Conjugation

    Further reading

    Old Hindi

    Etymology

      Inherited from Proto-New Indo-Aryan *𑀉𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀇 (*ullaṭṭaï). Cognate with Old Punjabi ਉਲਟਿ (ulaṭi), Middle Bengali উলট (uloṭ).

      Verb

      उलटना (ulaṭanā)

      1. to turn, be reversed
        • c. 1420, Kabīr, Kabīr Vāṇī 23.2:
          बैरी उलटि भये हैं मींता
          साषत उलटि सजन भये चींता
          bairī ulaṭi bhaye ha͠i mī̃tā
          sāṣata ulaṭi sajana bhaye cī̃tā
          having turned, the foes have become friends
          having turned, the Śāktas became relatives in [my] mind

      Descendants

      • Braj: उलटन (ulṭan)
      • Hindustani: ulaṭnā
        Hindi: उलटना
        Urdu: اُلَٹْنَا (ulaṭnā)

      Further reading

      • Jaroslav Strnad (2013), Morphology and Syntax of Old Hindī : Edition and Analysis of One Hundred Kabīr Vānī Poems From Rājasthān (Brill's Indological Library; 45), Leiden, →OCLC, page 521
      • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “*ullaṅghin”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 111