चाहना

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Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀘𑀸𑀳𑀤𑀺 (cāhadi), from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀘𑀸𑀳𑁆 (*cāh).

Chatterji tied this to Ashokan Prakrit 𑀘𑀖𑀢𑀺 (caghati, to strive towards), from Sanskrit चक्ष् (cakṣ, to see);[1] modern scholarship has instead tied the Ashokan term 𑀘𑀖𑀢𑀺 to शक् (śak, to be able to).[2] 𑀘𑀖𑀢𑀺 is probably not the source of the NIA terms; see there for more.

Pronunciation

Verb

चाहना (cāhnā) (transitive, Urdu spelling چاہنا)

  1. to want, desire
    तू क्या करना चाहता है?
    tū kyā karnā cāhtā hai?
    What do you want to do?
    मैं बड़ा होके वैज्ञानिक बनना चाहता हूँ
    ma͠i baṛā hoke vaijñānik bannā cāhtā hū̃.
    I want to be a scientist when I grow up.
  2. to wish
  3. (modal) should, ought to
    मुझे जाना चाहियेmujhe jānā cāhiye.I should go.

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Chatterji, Suniti Kumar (1926) The Origin and Development of the Bengali Language, volume 2, Calcutta: Calcutta University Press, page 878
  2. ^ George Cardona and Dhanesh Jain, editors (2003), The Indo-Aryan Languages (Routledge Language Family Series), Routledge, →ISBN, page 197
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “cāh”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press