बोलना

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Hindi

Etymology

Hindi verb set
बोलना (bolnā)
बुलाना (bulānā)
बुलवाना (bulvānā)
बोलवाना (bolvānā)

    Inherited from Prakrit 𑀩𑁄𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀇 (bŏllaï), from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀩𑁄𑀮𑁆𑀮𑁆 (*boll), possibly from Sanskrit ब्रू (brū), from Proto-Indo-European *mlewH-. Compare बुलाना (bulānā, to call).

    Pronunciation

    • (Delhi) IPA(key): /boːl.nɑː/,

    Verb

    बोलना (bolnā) (intransitive, Urdu spelling بولنا)

    1. to speak, say
      Synonym: कहना (kahnā)
      बोल, वरना मैं मां को बताऊंगा।
      bol, varnā ma͠i mā̃ ko batāūṅgā.
      Say it, or I'll tell mom!
    2. to tell, say to
      तुम उसे क्या बोलके आए हो?
      tum use kyā bolke āe ho?
      What did you just tell him?
      Synonym: बताना (batānā)

    Usage notes

    बोलना (bolnā) is an intransitive verb, meaning that its subject does not take the ergative marker in the perfective tenses, instead always being unmarked. Interestingly, the derivatives of Sanskrit ब्रू (brū) were also intransitive; this phenomenon may be a continuation of that.

    Conjugation