रहना

Hindi

Etymology

Hindi verb set
रहना (rahnā)
रहाना (rahānā)
रहवाना (rahvānā)

    Inherited from Old Hindi रहना (rahanā), from Prakrit 𑀭𑀳𑀇 (rahaï). Cognate with Punjabi ਰਹਿਣਾ (rahiṇā), Nepali रहनु (rahanu), Bengali রহা (roha), রওয়া (roōẇa), Gujarati રહેવું (rahevũ), Marathi राहणे (rāhṇe), Assamese ৰোৱা (rüa).

    Pronunciation

    • (Delhi) IPA(key): /ɾəɦ.nɑː/, [ɾɛʱ.näː]

    Verb

    रहना • (rahnā) (intransitive, Urdu spelling رہنا)

    1. (copulative) to stay, remain
      Synonym: रुकना (ruknā, to stay)
      यहीं रहो, मैं अभी आता हूँ
      yahī̃ raho, ma͠i abhī ātā hū̃.
      Stay here, I'm coming in a second.
    2. to live (in a place), to reside
      Synonym: बसना (basnā)
      मैं शिकागो में रहता हूँma͠i śikāgo mẽ rahtā hū̃.I live in Chicago.
    3. to let alone, leave
      Synonym: छोड़ना (choṛnā)
      रहने दोrahne do.Let it be.
    4. a aspectual auxiliary, marking the continuous aspect; to keep on ...
      अपना काम करते रहो, मैं टीवी कम आवाज़ पे लगाता हूँ
      apnā kām karte raho, ma͠i ṭīvī kam āvāz pe lagātā hū̃.
      Keep on doing your work, I'll put the TV on low volume.

    Conjugation

    Old Hindi

    Etymology

      Inherited from Prakrit 𑀭𑀳𑀇 (rahaï).

      Verb

      रहना (rahanā)[1]

      1. to stay, remain

      Descendants

      • Bundeli: रैबो (raibo), रहबो (rahbo)
      • Hindustani:

      References

      1. ^ Jaroslav Strnad (2013) Morphology and Syntax of Old Hindī : Edition and Analysis of One Hundred Kabīr Vānī Poems From Rājasthān (Brill's Indological Library; 45), Leiden, →OCLC, page 561