सजना

Hindi

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /səd͡ʒ.nɑː/, [sɐd͡ʒ.näː]
  • Rhymes: -əd͡ʒnɑː

Etymology 1

Hindi verb set
सजना (sajnā)
साजना (sājnā)
सजाना (sajānā)
सजवाना (sajvānā)

Intransitive form of साजना (sājnā) / सजाना (sajānā).

Verb

सजना • (sajnā) (Urdu spelling سجنا)

  1. (intransitive) to be arranged, prepared, ordered, set in place
  2. (intransitive) to be accoutered
  3. (intransitive) to be adorned, decorated
  4. (intransitive) to befit, become, beseem, look attractive
  5. (transitive) synonym of सजाना (sajānā, to adorn, decorate; arrange, order)
    • 1860, Daniel Defoe, translated by पण्डित बद्रीलाल, राबिनसन क्रूसो का इतिहास [The Story of Robinson Crusoe], Banaras Medical Hall, translated from the Bengali translation of original in English, page 135:
      २१, २२ और २३वीं दिसंबर। इन तीन दिनों में बाहर से सम्पूर्ण बस्तु लाकर घर की भांति सज दीं []
      ‌21, 22 aur 23vī̃ disambar. in tīn dinõ mẽ bāhar se sampūrṇ bastu lākar ghar kī bhānti saj dī̃ []
      December 21, 22 & 23. During these three days [I] brought everything from the outside and furnished [the cave] like a house []
      (literally, “ [] and arranged [them [i.e., the things he brought]] like a house [] ”)
    • 1868, Matthew 25:7, in धर्म्मपुस्तकका अन्तभाग [The New Testament in Hindi], Calcutta: C. B. Lewis, Baptist Mission Press, page 80:
      तब वे सब कुंवारियां उठके अपनी मशालोंको सजने लगीं।
      tab ve sab kumvāriyā̃ uṭhke apnī maśālõko sajne lagī̃.
      Then all those virgins got up and put their own lamps in order [trimmed the wicks and added oil and lit them]. (English translation from Amplified Bible)
Conjugation

Etymology 2

By surface analysis, सजन (sajan) +‎ -आ ().

Noun

सजना • (sajnām (feminine सजनी, Urdu spelling سجنا)

  1. synonym of साजन (sājan, lover; husband)
    • 1973, Ravindra Jain, “सजना है मुझे सजना के लिए”, in सौदागर [Saudāgar], performed by Asha Bhosle:
      सजना है मुझे सजना के लिए
      sajnā hai mujhe sajnā ke lie
      I have to be adorned for [my] lover
Declension
Declension of सजना (masc ā-stem)
singular plural
direct सजना
sajnā
सजने
sajne
oblique सजने
sajne
सजनों
sajnõ
vocative सजने
sajne
सजनो
sajno

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