अटकना

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Hindi

Etymology

Hindi verb set
अटकना (aṭaknā)
अटकाना (aṭkānā)
अटकवाना (aṭakvānā)

Inherited from Prakrit *𑀅𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀓𑁆𑀓𑁆 (*aṭṭakk, to obstruct, stop), from *𑀅𑀝𑁆𑀝𑁆 (*aṭṭ) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓𑁆𑀓- (-kka-), probably borrowed from Proto-Dravidian *aṭV- (to obstruct). Cognate with Punjabi ਅਟਕਣਾ (aṭakṇā), Gujarati અટકવું (aṭakvũ), Marathi अडकणे (aḍakṇe), Bengali আটকানো (aṭkanō).

Related to Hindi अड़ना (aṛnā, to be stubborn), from Prakrit *𑀅𑀟𑁆 (*aḍ), likely from the same Dravidian root.

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /ə.ʈək.nɑː/,
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Verb

अटकना (aṭaknā) (intransitive, Urdu spelling اٹکنا)

  1. to be stopped, to stop
    गाड़ी रास्ते में अटक गई।
    gāṛī rāste mẽ aṭak gaī.
    The car stopped working on the way.
  2. to be stuck, jammed, entangled
    Synonym: फँसना (phãsnā)
    पेड़ पर मेरी पतंग अटक गई।
    peṛ par merī pataṅg aṭak gaī.
    My kite got stuck in a tree.
  3. to falter
    बोलते-बोलते अटकनाbolte-bolte aṭaknāto falter as one is speaking
  4. to become involved, to be caught in something
    Synonyms: उलझना (ulajhnā), फँसना (phãsnā)

Conjugation

References

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    Helmut Nespital (2008) “अटकना”, in Hindī Kriyā-koś [Hindi Verb Compendium]‎, Lokbharti Prakashan, →ISBN, page अटकना
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*aṭṭakk”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*aṭṭ²”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press