નાખવું

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Gujarati

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Etymology

Inherited from Old Gujarati नांषिवउं (nāṃṣivaüṃ /⁠nāṃkhivaüṃ⁠/), from Sanskrit નઙ્ક્ષ્યતિ (naṅkṣyati) (see નશ્યતિ (náśyati)). Cognate with Malvi नाखणो (nākhṇo), Marwari नाखणौ (nākhṇau) / 𑅧𑅖𑅢𑅒 (nkhṇu), नांखणौ (nāṅkhṇau) / 𑅧𑅧𑅖𑅢𑅒 (nnkhṇu), Nimadi नाखणूं (nākhṇū̃), Hindustani ناکْھنَا (nākhnā) / नाखना (nākhnā). Nearly identical in function to Hindustani ڈَالْنَا (ḍālnā) / डालना (ḍālnā).

Pronunciation

Verb

નાખવું (nākhvũ) (transitive)

  1. to put in, insert, add
    દાળમાં હવે થોડુંક મીઠું નાખ
    dāḷmā̃ have thoḍuṅk mīṭhũ nākh
    Now put some salt in the dal
  2. to add on top
    તેનાંપર ગોળ નાખો
    tenā̃par goḷ nākho
    Put jaggery on that
  3. an auxiliary verb: indicates the aim of the doer is solely to complete the action
    કરી નાખ, ને?
    karī nākh, ne?
    Just finish it already would you?
    હું તને ખાય નાખીશ
    hũ tane khāy nākhīś
    I'm going to devour (completely eat) you
    હવે તું આ પતાવી નાખ
    have tũ ā patāvī nākh
    (you) finish this now

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