देखना

Hindi

Etymology

Hindi verb set
दिखना (dikhnā)
देखना (dekhnā)
दिखाना (dikhānā)
दिखवाना (dikhvānā)

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀤𑁂𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀤𑀺 (dekkhadi), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀤𑁂𑀔𑀢𑀺 (dekhati /⁠dekkhati⁠/), 𑀤𑀔𑀢𑀺 (dakhati /⁠dakkhati⁠/), from Sanskrit *देक्षति (dekṣati), *दृक्षति (dṛkṣati), somehow related to the root दृश् (dṛś). Cognate with Nepali देख्नु (dekhnu), Bengali দেখা (dekha), Sinhalese දකිනවා (dakinawā).

Turner suggests that -e- developed from analogy with Sanskrit प्रेक्षते (prekṣate, to see),[1] which is from प्रेक्ष् (prekṣ, to look, regard), a compound of प्र- (pra-) + ईक्ष् (īkṣ, to see, look).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /d̪eːkʰ.nɑː/, [d̪eːkʰ.näː]
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Verb

देखना • (dekhnā) (transitive, Urdu spelling دیکھنا)

  1. to see, look, watch
    तू क्या देख रहा है?
    tū kyā dekh rahā hai?
    What are you looking at?
  2. to consider, ponder
  3. to meet
    Synonym: मिलना (milnā)
  4. to look after, take care
    Synonyms: ध्यान रखना (dhyān rakhnā), सम्हलना (samhalnā)

Conjugation

References

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

Further reading

  • Hardev Bahri (2013) “देखना”, in राजपाल हिंदी शब्दकोश [rājpāl hindī śabdakoś, Rajpal Hindi Dictionary], Rajpal and Sons, →ISBN
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