पहनना

Hindi

Hindi verb set
पहनना (pahannā)
पहनाना (pahnānā)
पहनवाना (pahanvānā)

Alternative forms

  • पहिनना (pahinnā)dated

Etymology

    From older पहिनना (pahinnā), a metathesis of Old Hindi पिन्हना (pinhanā), from Proto-New Indo-Aryan *पिणहइ (piṇahaï), from Sanskrit पिनह्यति (pinahyati, wears, ties on, fastens). Related to Hindi पनही (panhī, shoe). Cognate with Punjabi ਪਹਿਨਣਾ (pahinṇā).

    Probably influenced by पहरना (paharnā, to wear), from Sanskrit परिदधाति (paridadhāti).

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    पहनना • (pahannā) (transitive, Urdu spelling پہننا)

    1. to wear (clothes)
      कपड़े पहननाkapṛe pahannāto wear clothes, get dressed

    Conjugation

    References

    • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “pinahati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press