सरकना

Hindi

Etymology

Hindi verb set
सरकना (saraknā)
सरकाना (sarkānā)

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑀭𑀤𑀺 (saradi) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓𑁆𑀓- (-kka-),[1] from Sanskrit सरति (sárati), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *sárati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sárati, from Proto-Indo-European *sél-e-ti, from *sel- (“to run, flow”). Related to सरना (sarnā) without the -𑀓𑁆𑀓- (-kka-) extension. Cognate with Gujarati સરકવું (sarakvũ), Marathi सरकणे (sarakṇe).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /sə.ɾək.nɑː/, [sɐ.ɾɐk.näː]

Verb

सरकना • (saraknā) (intransitive, Urdu spelling سرکنا)

  1. to drag, move in a scraping manner
    सरक जाना ― sarak jānā ― to move out of the way, to drag away
    सरक लेना ― sarak lenā ― to move oneself out of the way
  2. to drag on, plod (something abstract)
    काम सरक रहा है। ― kām sarak rahā hai. ― The work is going slowly.

Conjugation

References

  1. Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “sárati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

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