कसना

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Hindi

Hindi verb set
कसना (kasnā)
कसाना (kasānā)
कसवाना (kasvānā)

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /kəs.nɑː/,
  • Rhymes: -əsnɑː
  • Hyphenation: कस‧ना

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sanskrit कर्षति (karṣati, it draws, pulls), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *kárṣati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *káršati, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷéls-e-ti, from *kʷels- (to pull, drag).

Verb

कसना (kasnā) (intransitive, Urdu spelling کسنا)

  1. to tighten
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Inherited from Sanskrit कषति (kaṣati, it tests), from Proto-Indo-European *kars-.

Verb

कसना (kasnā) (transitive, Urdu spelling کسنا)

  1. to test (purity) by rubbing against a touchstone
  2. to test against or judge according to (a given standard)
    सच्चाई की कसौटी पर कसनाsaccāī kī kasauṭī par kasnāto judge against the truth
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