उलटना

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Hindi

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Etymology

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Hindi verb set
उलटना (ulaṭnā)
उलटाना (ulṭānā)
उलटवाना (ulaṭvānā)

Inherited from Old Hindi उलटना (ulaṭanā), from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀉𑀮𑁆-𑀮𑀝𑀢𑀺 (*ul-laṭati).

Pronunciation

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  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /ʊ.ləʈ.nɑː/, [ʊ.lɐʈ.näː]

Verb

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उलटना (ulaṭnā) (ambitransitive, Urdu spelling اُلَٹْنَا)

  1. to reverse

Conjugation

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Further reading

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Old Hindi

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Etymology

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Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀉𑀮𑁆-𑀮𑀝𑀢𑀺 (*ul-laṭati). Cognate with Old Punjabi ਉਲਟਿ (ulaṭi), Middle Bengali উলট (uloṭ).

Verb

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उलटना (ulaṭanā)

  1. to turn, be reversed
    • c. 1420, Kabīr, Kabīr Vāṇī 23.2:
      बैरी उलटि भये हैं मींता
      साषत उलटि सजन भये चींता
      bairī ulaṭi bhaye ha͠i mī̃tā
      sāṣata ulaṭi sajana bhaye cī̃tā
      having turned, the foes have become friends
      having turned, the Śāktas became relatives in [my] mind

Descendants

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  • Braj: उलटन (ulṭan)
  • Hindustani: ulaṭnā
    Hindi: उलटना
    Urdu: اُلَٹْنَا (ulaṭnā)

Further reading

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  • Jaroslav Strnad (2013) Morphology and Syntax of Old Hindī : Edition and Analysis of One Hundred Kabīr Vānī Poems From Rājasthān (Brill's Indological Library; 45), Leiden, →OCLC, page 521
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*ullaṅghin”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 111