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रटना

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Hindi

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Etymology

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Hindi verb set
रटना (raṭnā)
रटाना (raṭānā)
रटवाना (raṭvānā)

Turner derives it from a hypothesized Sanskrit *रट्यति (raṭyati) (compare Sanskrit रटति (ráṭati, roars, shouts, cries, laments)), from the root रट् (raṭ). Cognate with Braj रटन (raṭan). Possibly related to टर्राना (ṭarrānā).

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Is the noun simply derived from the verb, like in भरना (bharnā) (if it were, I would assume it to be masculine)? Or could the etymology be different, like from रटन (raṭan, repeating) +‎ -आ ()?”

Pronunciation

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Verb

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रटना (raṭnā) (transitive, Urdu spelling رَٹْنا)

  1. to repeat or reiterate constantly
    1. to memorize by rote, cram without learning material
      Synonyms: घोटना (ghoṭnā), घोखना (ghokhnā), कंठस्थ करना (kaṇṭhasth karnā)
    2. to demand persistently, importune

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Noun

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रटना (raṭnāf (Urdu spelling رَٹْنا)

  1. constant reiteration, repetition
    • 2012, Sujata, महात्‍मा का अध्‍यात्‍म [mahāt‍mā kā adh‍yāt‍ma], Sarv Seva Sangh Prakashan, →ISBN, page 30:
      [] हृदय में निरंतर ईश्वर की रटना होनी चाहिए []
      [] hŕday mẽ nirantar īśvar kī raṭnā honī cāhie []
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • c. 1957 [c. 1935], स्तोत्ररत्नावली [stotraratnāvlī], 45th edition, Gorakhpur: Gita Press, page 263:
      निरन्तर गोविन्दको ही भज, क्योंकि मृत्युके समीप आनेपर ‘डृकुञ् करणे’* यह रटना रक्षा नहीं कर सकेगी ॥ १ ॥
      nirantar govindako hī bhaj, kyõki mŕtyuke samīp ānepar ‘ḍŕkuñ karṇe’a yah raṭnā rakṣā nahī̃ kar sakegī . 1 .
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • Maithili Sharan Gupt, “रत्नावली”[1]:
      इसी बीच कितनी घटनाएँ,
      हर्ष-विषाद-भरी रटनाएँ
      isī bīc kitnī ghaṭnāẽ,
      harṣ-viṣād-bharī raṭnāẽ.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. persistent solicitation, importunity

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