खिसकना

Hindi

Etymology

Hindi verb set
खिसकना (khisaknā)
खिसकाना (khiskānā)

Inherited from Prakrit खिसइ (khisaï) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓𑁆𑀓- (-kka-). Compare Punjabi ਖਿਸਕਣਾ (khiskaṇā). Related to खिसना (khisnā), खसना (khasnā), खसकना (khasaknā).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /kʰɪ.sək.nɑː/, [kʰɪ.sɐk.näː]
  • Rhymes: -ək.nɑː
  • Hyphenation: खि‧सक‧ना

Verb

खिसकना • (khisaknā) (intransitive, Urdu spelling کھسکنا)

  1. to slide away, move along slowly
    ट्रेन खिसकती पुणे चली।
    ṭren khisaktī puṇe calī.
    The train moved along slowly to Pune.

Conjugation

References

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