ठहरना

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Hindi

Etymology

Hindi verb set
ठहरना (ṭhaharnā)
ठहराना (ṭhahrānā)

Derived from Sanskrit *स्तभिर (stabhira) with the Hindi verb-formation suffix -ना (-nā), from Proto-Indo-European *stebʰ-rós.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /ʈʰə.ɦəɾ.nɑː/,

Verb

ठहरना (ṭhaharnā) (intransitive, Urdu spelling ٹھہرنا)

  1. to wait, stay, stop
    Synonym: रुकना (ruknā)
  2. to live, accommodate
  3. to be fixed, stable
  4. to be settled

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Marathi: ठरणे (ṭharṇe)

References

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