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रहना

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Etymology

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Hindi verb set
रहना (rahnā)
रहाना (rahānā)
रहवाना (rahvānā)

    Inherited from Old Hindi रहना (rahanā), from Prakrit 𑀭𑀳𑀇 (rahaï). Cognate with Punjabi ਰਹਿਣਾ (rahiṇā), Nepali रहनु (rahanu), Bengali রহা (roha), রওয়া (roōẇa), Gujarati રહેવું (rahevũ), Marathi राहणे (rāhṇe), Assamese ৰোৱা (rüa).

    Pronunciation

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    • (Delhi) IPA(key): /ɾəɦ.nɑː/, [ɾɛʱ.näː]

    Verb

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    रहना (rahnā) (intransitive, Urdu spelling رہنا)

    1. (copulative) to stay, remain
      यहीं रहो, मैं अभी आता हूँ
      yahī̃ raho, ma͠i abhī ātā hū̃.
      Stay here, I'm coming in a second.
      Synonym: रुकना (ruknā, to stay)
    2. to live (in a place), to reside
      मैं शिकागो में रहता हूँma͠i śikāgo mẽ rahtā hū̃.I live in Chicago.
      Synonym: बसना (basnā)
    3. to let alone, leave
      रहने दोrahne do.Let it be.
      Synonym: छोड़ना (choṛnā)
    4. a aspectual auxiliary, marking the continuous aspect; to keep on ...
      अपना काम करते रहो, मैं टीवी कम आवाज़ पे लगाता हूँ
      apnā kām karte raho, ma͠i ṭīvī kam āvāz pe lagātā hū̃.
      Keep on doing your work, I'll put the TV on low volume.

    Conjugation

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    Old Hindi

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    Etymology

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      Inherited from Prakrit 𑀭𑀳𑀇 (rahaï).

      Verb

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      रहना (rahanā)[1]

      1. to stay, remain

      Descendants

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      • Bundeli: रैबो (raibo), रहबो (rahbo)
      • Hindustani:

      References

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      1. ^ 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 561