दौड़ना

Hindi

Etymology

Hindi verb set
दौड़ना (dauṛnā)
दौड़ाना (dauṛānā)
दौड़वाना (dauṛvānā)

From Prakrit *दवडइ (davaḍaï), an extended form of दवइ (davaï, to go away) with Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀟- (-ḍa-), from Sanskrit द्रवति (drávati). Cognate with Punjabi ਦੌੜਣਾ (dauṛṇā) / دَوڑنا (dauṛṇā), Sindhi ڊوڙَڻُ (ḍoṛaṇu) / डोड़णु (ḍoṛaṇu), Gujarati દોડવું (doḍvũ), Nepali दौडनु (dauḍanu), Marathi दौडणे (dauḍṇe), Assamese দৌৰা (doura), Bengali দৌড়ানো (dōuṛanō). Through the Sanskrit root द्रु (dru, to run, melt), related to Hindi द्रुत (drut, quick).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /d̪ɔːɽ.nɑː/, [d̪ɔːɽ.näː]
  • Rhymes: -ɑː

Verb

दौड़ना • (dauṛnā) (Urdu spelling دوڑنا)

  1. to run
    Synonym: भागना (bhāgnā)

Conjugation

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