चमकना

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Hindi

Hindi verb set
चमकना (camaknā)
चमकाना (camkānā)

Etymology

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀘𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀓𑁆𑀓 (*cammakka), from an onomatopoeic 𑀘𑀫𑁆𑀫 (camma) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓𑁆𑀓- (-kka-). Related to चौंकना (ca͠uknā) (perhaps from a variant Ashokan Prakrit 𑀘𑀫𑀓𑁆𑀓 (camakka)), Sanskrit चमत्कार (camatkāra), चमत्कृति (camatkṛti). Cognate with Punjabi ਚਮਕਣਾ (camkaṇā) / چَمَکنا (camaknā), Gujarati ચમકવું (camakvũ), Marathi चमकणे (ċamakṇe).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /t͡ʃə.mək.nɑː/,

Verb

चमकना (camaknā) (intransitive, Urdu spelling چمکنا)

  1. to shine
  2. to glow

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*camakka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press