खखारना

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Etymology

Denominal verb of खखार (khakhār, sound of clearing the throat; phlegm) with -ना (-nā, verbal suffix).

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खखारना (khakhārnā) (intransitive)

  1. to clear the throat of phlegm, to cough up mucus, to hawk, to expectorate
    • 2007, Vijaypat Singhania, translated by Amarnath Shrivastav, मेरे साथ एक नन्ही परी, Prabhat Prakashan, →ISBN, page 128:
      माइक हर सुबह इंजन में पानी की मात्रा देखने के लिए ईंधन के टैंक से थोड़ा ईंधन निकालता था अन्यथा हवा में उड़ते समय थोड़ी देर में ही इंजन खखारने जैसी आवाज करने लगता था, जैसे कोई धूम्रपान करनेवाला खाँस या खखारकर अपना गला साफ कर रहा हो।
      māik har subah iñjan mẽ pānī kī mātrā dekhne ke lie īndhan ke ṭaiṅk se thoṛā īndhan nikāltā thā anyathā havā mẽ uṛte samay thoṛī der mẽ hī iñjan khakhārne jaisī āvāj karne lagtā thā, jaise koī dhūmrapān karnevālā khā̃s yā khakhārkar apnā galā sāph kar rahā ho.
      Every morning Mike used to drain some fuel from the fuel tank to check the amount of water in the engine, otherwise while flying in the air, after a while the engine would begin to make a wheezing sound, as if a smoker is coughing or hawking to clear his throat.
  2. to cough (as to alert someone, or to grab attention)
    • 2021 January 19, Sudha Kumari, “ग्रह की काली छाया”, in रुपए का भ्रमण पैकेज, Prabhat Prakashan, →ISBN, page 126:
      वे वृद्ध जब भी किसी के घर आते, खाँस-खखारकर ही घर में प्रवेश करते, ताकि लोगों को उनके आने की पूर्व सूचना मिल जाए।
      ve vŕddh jab bhī kisī ke ghar āte, khā̃s-khakhārkar hī ghar mẽ praveś karte, tāki logõ ko unke āne kī pūrv sūcnā mil jāe.
      Whenever that old man would vist someone's house, he would always cough and hawk before entering the house, so that people would get prior intimation of his arrival.
    • 2019 November 9, Kishore Sharma ‘Saraswat’, जीवन एक संघर्ष, volume 1, →ISBN, page 670:
      [] शिष्टता के नाते उसने खखारने की आवाज निकाली ताकि वे सचेत हो जाएँ कि कोई घर पर आया है। आवाज सुनकर भागमती उठकर दूसरे कमरे में चली गई।
      [] śiṣṭatā ke nāte usne khakhārne kī āvāj nikālī tāki ve sacet ho jāẽ ki koī ghar par āyā hai. āvāj sunkar bhāgmatī uṭhkar dūsre kamre mẽ calī gaī.
      For the sake of politeness, he made a coughing sound so that they would be alerted that someone had come to the house. Hearing the voice, Bhagmati stood up and went to another room.

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