پکڑنا

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀧𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀟𑁆- (*pakkaḍ-). Cognate to Gujarati પકડવું (pakaḍvũ), Marathi पकडणे (pakaḍṇe).

Further etymology is uncertain, but it may derive from Sanskrit प्रकृष्टयति (prakṛṣṭayati, “to catch”) or प्रगृह्णाति (pragṛhṇāti, “to hold”). The former is from प्र- (pra-, “pro-”) + कृष्टयति (kṛṣṭayati), from कृष् (kṛṣ, “to draw, lead, plough”), and the latter from प्र- (pra-, “pro-”) + गृह्णाति (gṛhṇāti, “to grab, seize”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /pə.kəɽ.nɑː/

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Verb

پکڑنا • (pakaṛnā) (transitive, Hindi spelling पकड़ना)

1. to hold
2. to seize
3. to catch
4. to clutch

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “pakkaḍ”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “پکڑنا”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons, page 364.
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “پکڑنا”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 2748
• Platts, John T. (1884) “پکڑنا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 265
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “پکڑنا”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 588