छानना

Hindi

Etymology

Hindi verb set
छनना (channā)
छानना (chānnā)
छनाना (chanānā)
छनवाना (chanvānā)
छानवाना (chānvānā)

Inherited from Sanskrit *क्षाणयति (*kṣāṇayati), perhaps from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćšān-aya-ti, of unknown, possibly substrate, origin. Compare Proto-Iranian *šan- (shake), Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀙𑀸𑀡𑀡 (chāṇaṇa, sifting), Kamkata-viri ċaňë-.[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Hindi) IPA(key): /t͡ʃʰɑːn.nɑː/, [t͡ʃʰä̃ːn.näː]
  • Rhymes: -ɑː
  • Hyphenation: छान‧ना

Verb

छानना • (chānnā) (transitive, Urdu spelling جھاننا)

  1. to fry
    मैंने कल पकौड़े छाने और खाये थे।
    ma͠ine kal pakauṛe chāne aur khāye the.
    I fried and ate some fritters yesterday.
  2. to strain, filter
    ख़ाक छाननाxāk chānnāto toil without purpose, to idle (literally, “to strain dust”)
  3. to sift, sieve
    मिट्टी को बहुत देर तक छाना, मगर सोना नहीं मिला।
    miṭṭī ko bahut der tak chānā, magar sonā nahī̃ milā.
    We sifted the dirt for a while, but no gold was to be found.
  4. to search for, look for
  5. to use a drug habitually
    भाँग छाननाbhāṅg chānnāto habitually use bhang

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “*kṣaṇati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
  2. ^ Cheung, Johnny (2007), “*šan”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 371
  3. ^ Halfmann, Jakob (2025), The Diversification of Indo-Iranian and the Position of the Nuristani Languages[1], Weisbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag

Further reading