सूखना

Hindi

Etymology

Hindi verb set
सूखना (sūkhnā)
सुखाना (sukhānā)

    Inherited from Prakrit सुक्खइ (sukkhaï, to become dry), a verbalization of सुक्ख (sukkha, dry), whence Hindi सूखा (sūkhā, dry).[1][2] Cognate with Old Awadhi सूखइ (sūkhaï), Marathi सुकणे (sukṇe), Nepali सुक्नु (suknu), Punjabi ਸੁੱਕਣਾ (sukkaṇā), Odia ସୁଖିବା (sukhibā), and Gujarati સૂકવું (sūkvũ).

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    सूखना • (sūkhnā) (intransitive, Urdu spelling سوکھنا)[1]

    1. to become dry
      कपड़े बाहर धूप में सूख रहे हैं।
      kapṛe bāhar dhūp mẽ sūkh rahe ha͠i.
      The clothes are drying outside in the sun.
    2. to become parched, dehydrated
    3. to wither, waste away

    Conjugation

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    References

    1. 1.0 1.1 McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “सूखना”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
    2. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “śuṣkati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 728