फिरना

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Chhattisgarhi

Etymology

Chhattisgarhi verb set
फिरना (phirnā)
फेरना (phernā)
फेराना (pherānā)

    Inherited from Old Awadhi फिरइ (phiraï), from Apabhramsa 𑆦𑆴𑆫𑆅 (phiraï), from Prakrit फिरइ (phiraï), from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀨𑀺𑀭𑀢𑀺 (*phirati).[1]

    Verb

    फिरना (phirnā) (intransitive)[2][3]

    1. to roam, wander
    2. to return

    References

    Hindi

    Etymology

    Hindi verb set
    फिरना (phirnā)
    फेरना (phernā)
    फिराना (phirānā)
    फिरवाना (phirvānā)

      Inherited from Middle Hindi پھرْنا (phrna /⁠phirnā⁠/) (c. 1606),[1] from Old Hindi फिरना (phiranā) (c. 1400s), from Apabhramsa 𑆦𑆴𑆫𑆅 (phiraï), from Prakrit फिरइ (phiraï, goes, returns), from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀨𑀺𑀭𑀢𑀺 (*phirati, moves, wanders, turns).[2]

      Pronunciation

      • (Delhi) IPA(key): /pʰɪɾ.nɑː/,
      • Hyphenation: फिर‧ना
      • Rhymes: -ɑː

      Verb

      फिरना (phirnā) (intransitive, Urdu spelling پِھرْنا)

      1. to wander, sightsee
        Synonym: घूमना (ghūmnā)
      2. to turn
      3. to stray, deviate
        उसका दिमाग़ फिर गया।
        uskā dimāġ phir gayā.
        He was not in his senses.
        (literally, “His mind wandered off.”)

      Conjugation

      References

      1. ^ پھرنا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
      2. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*phirati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 510:H. phirnā intr. 'to turn'

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