रपटना

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Hindi

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /ɾə.pəʈ.nɑː/,
  • Rhymes: -əʈnɑː
  • Hyphenation: र‧पट‧ना

Etymology 1

Hindi verb set
रपटना (rapaṭnā)
रपटाना (rapṭānā)
रपटवाना (rapaṭvānā)

Perhaps from the Sanskrit root रफ् (raph, to go, to injure). Also suggested to be from Classical Persian رَفْتَن (raftan, to go, depart, glide by).

Verb

रपटना (rapaṭnā) (Urdu spelling رَپْٹن)

  1. (intransitive) to slip, slide, skid
    Synonym: फिसलना (phisalnā)
    • 1952, Yashpal, सिंहावलोकन [siṅhāvlokan], volume 2, Lucknow: Viplav Karyalaya, page 48:
      कौतूहल हुआ की बरफ पर चलकर देखूं। एक ही कदम बरफ पर गया था कि पांव फिसल कर गिर पड़ा। उठने के लिए दूसरे पांव पर ज़ोर दिया तो वह भी फिसल गया। जितनी बार कोशिश की, पांव रपटता ही गया।
      kautūhal huā kī baraph par calkar dekhū̃. ek hī kadam baraph par gayā thā ki pāmv phisal kar gir paṛā. uṭhne ke lie dūsre pāmv par zor diyā to vah bhī phisal gayā. jitnī bār kośiś kī, pāmv rapaṭtā hī gayā.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (transitive or intransitive, dialectal) to move rapidly, rush
    Synonym: झपटना (jhapaṭnā)
  3. (transitive, vulgar, perhaps obsolete) to have sex, copulate
    Synonym: चोदना (codnā)
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Etymology 2

From रपटन (rapṭan, slipperiness) +‎ -आ (), itself from रपटना (rapaṭnā) (etymology 1).

Adjective

रपटना (rapaṭnā) (Urdu spelling رَپْٹن)

  1. slippery
    Synonym: रपटीला (rapṭīlā)
    Near-synonym: चिकना (ciknā)
    • 1957, Agyeya, “गोवर्द्धन”, in इन्द्रधनु रौंदे हुए ये [indradhanu raunde hue ye], page 55:
      कल हम पुकार कर कहते थे
      ‘अरे, हमें भी कोई गलबहियाँ दो!’
      आज यह रटना है :
      ‘नहीं-नहीं, यह मार्ग रपटना है,
      राम रे, कैसे भव-बन्धन टूटें!’
      kal ham pukār kar kahte the
      ‘are, hamẽ bhī koī galbahiyā̃ do!’
      āj yah raṭnā hai :
      ‘nahī̃-nahī̃, yah mārg rapaṭnā hai,
      rām re, kaise bhav-bandhan ṭūṭẽ!’
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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