चीख़ना

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Hindi

Etymology

Hindi verb set
चीखना (cīkhnā)
चिखाना (cikhānā)
चिखवाना (cikhvānā)

From चीख़ (cīx, a scream, a squeak), from Classical Persian جیغ (jīğ, a scream, a squawk).

This is a rare example of a fully-assimilated borrowed verb; some others are तलाशना (talāśnā, to search) (from Arabic), ख़रीदना (xarīdnā, to buy) (from Persian) and फ़िल्माना (filmānā, to film) (from English).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /t͡ʃiːx.nɑː/, , /t͡ʃiːkʰ.nɑː/,

Verb

चीख़ना (cīxnā) (Urdu spelling چیخنا)

  1. to shout, shriek
    जब वह डरता है तब छोटी बच्ची की तरह चीखता है।
    jab vah ḍartā hai tab choṭī baccī kī tarah cīkhtā hai.
    When he gets scared, he screams like a little girl.
  2. to call out, shout, yell

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