ਰਹਿਣਾ

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀭𑀳𑀇 (rahaï), from Sanskrit *रहति (*rahati), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *ráźʰati (to remain, stay). Related to the attested Sanskrit रहस् (rahas, isolation).[1] Compare Hindi रहना (rahnā).

The sense of the continuous aspect auxiliary is, perhaps via Hindi रहना (rahnā), a possible semantic loan from Persian ایستادن (istâdan), which served as the continuous aspect auxiliary in the Transoxiana dialect of Persian, a sense which is still preserved in modern Tajik истодан (istodan).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɾɛ˥(ɦ).ɳäː/, /ɾæ˥(ɦ).ɳäː/
  • Rhymes: -äː
  • Hyphenation: ਰਹਿ‧ਣਾ

Verb

ਰਹਿਣਾ • (rahiṇā) (Shahmukhi spelling رہݨا)

  1. to stay, remain
  2. to live, dwell
    ਤੂੰ ਕਿੱਥੇ ਰਾਹਿੰਦਾ ਹੈਂ?
    tū̃ kitthe rāhindā haĩ?
    Where do you live?
  3. an aspectual auxiliary, marking the continuous aspect; to keep on ...

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “*rahati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 617

Further reading

  • Singh, Bhai Maya (1895), “ਰਹਿਣਾ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons.