गँवाना

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Hindi

Alternative forms

Etymology

    Inherited from Old Hindi गमाना (gamānā), गमांना (gamāṃnā),[1] from Prakrit 𑀕𑀫𑀸𑀯𑀇 (gamāvaï), a causative verb from 𑀕𑀫𑁂𑀇 (gamei, to go away) (whence Old Hindi गमना (gamanā), गंमना (gaṃmanā, to go away, be lost)), from Sanskrit ग॒मय॑ति (gamáyati, to cause to go).[2]

    Cognate with Punjabi ਗੁਆਉਣਾ (guāuṇā) / گُوآؤنا (gūā'onā), Gujarati ગુમાવવું (gumāvvũ), Marathi गमावणे (gamāvṇe).

    Pronunciation

    • (Delhi) IPA(key): /ɡə̃.ʋɑː.nɑː/,

    Verb

    गँवाना (gãvānā) (transitive, Urdu spelling گنوانا)[3]

    1. to waste
    2. to lose

    Conjugation

    References

    1. ^ Jaroslav Strnad (2013) Morphology and Syntax of Old Hindī : Edition and Analysis of One Hundred Kabīr Vānī Poems From Rājasthān (Brill's Indological Library; 45), Leiden, →OCLC, page 456
    2. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “gamáyati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
    3. ^ McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “गँवाना”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 249