لگانا

See also: لکانا

Urdu

Etymology

Urdu verb set
لگنا
لاگنا
لگانا
لَگوانا (lagvānā)

Inherited from Sanskrit लागयति (lāgayati).

Pronunciation

Verb

لگانا • (lagānā) (transitive, Hindi spelling लगाना)

  1. (transitive) to affix, attach, join
  2. (transitive) to place; install; setup (physical item)
  3. (transitive) to apply, spread
    مکھن لگانا ― makkhan lagānā ― to apply butter
  4. to deploy, post, appoint
    اُسے کوئی کام پہ لگا ود
    use koī kām pih lagā do
    Put him to some work
  5. (transitive) to put on, turn on
    پروگرام لگانا ― progrām lagānā ― to put on (the) program
    ٹی وی لگانا ― ṭī vī lagānā ― to put on (the) telly
  6. (transitive) to put onto, post
    اُس نے ویڈیو یوٹیوب پر لگا دی
    us ne vīḍiyo yūṭiyūb par lagā dī
    He posted the video on YouTube.
  7. (transitive) to impose
    شرط لگانا ― śart lagānā ― to bet (literally, “to impose a bet”)
  8. (transitive) to consume, use
    وقت لگانا ― vaqt lagānā ― to take time (literally, “to consume time”)
  9. to slap, hit
  10. (transitive) to park (a vehicle)

Conjugation

  • Note: The second-person polite form آپ (āp) (āp) uses the third-person plural conjugation.

References

  • “لگانا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “لگانا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
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