कूदना

Hindi

Etymology

Hindi verb set
कूदना (kūdnā)
कुदाना (kudānā)
कुदवाना (kudvānā)

Inherited from Prakrit *कुद्दइ (kuddaï, jumps)—compare उक्कुद्दइ (ukkuddaï, jumps up)—from Sanskrit कूर्दति (kū́rdati). See there for more. Related to कुदकना (kudaknā).

Cognate with Punjabi ਕੁੱਦਣਾ (kuddaṇā), Gujarati કૂદવું (kūdvũ), Marathi कुदणे (kudṇe), and Bengali কুঁদা (kũda).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /kuːd̪.nɑː/, [kuːd̪̚.näː]

Verb

कूदना • (kūdnā) (intransitive, Urdu spelling کودنا)

  1. to jump, leap
    राजेश नदी के किनारे से कूद पड़ा
    rājeś nadī ke kināre se kūd paṛā.
    Rajesh jumped from the shores of the river.

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • कुदाई (kudāī, jumping)
  • कूद (kūd, jumping)
  • खेलकूद (khelkūd, sports)
  • जलती आग में कूदना (jaltī āg mẽ kūdnā, (literally) 'to jump in burning fire', to do something risky)
  • दौड़कूद (dauṛkūd, sports)
  • नाचकूद (nāckūd, dancing)
  • कुदकना (kudaknā, to leap, skip)

References

  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kūˊrdati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
  • Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “कूदना”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House