सीजना

Hindi

Etymology

    Inherited from Prakrit सिज्जइ (sijjaï), from Sanskrit स्विद्यति (svidyati). Cognate with Punjabi ਸਿੱਜਣਾ (sijjaṇā) and more distantly German schwitzen (to sweat). Related to पसीना (pasīnā) and स्वेद (sved).

    Pronunciation

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

    Verb

    सीजना • (sījnā) (intransitive, Urdu spelling سِیجْنا)

    1. to sweat, be exuded

    Conjugation

    References

    • Bahri, Caturvedi, Dasa-Hindi (2022) “सीजना”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Hindi Dictionaries]