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सुधारना

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Hindi

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Etymology

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Hindi verb set
सुधरना (sudharnā)
सुधारना (sudhārnā)
सुधरवाना (sudharvānā)

Derived from सुधार (sudhār), which is from Sanskrit *शुद्धकार (śuddhakāra, the act of purifying or removing errors),[1] from शुद्ध (śuddha) +‎ कार (kāra) (compare Sanskrit शुद्धीकरोति (śuddhīkaroti), from शुद्धीकृ (śuddhīkṛ, to purify, to remove errors, root), from शुद्ध (śuddha, adjective) + ईकृ (īkṛ, root form)). Cognate with Punjabi ਸੁਧਾਰਨਾ (sudhārnā), Nepali सुधार्नु (sudhārnu), Bengali শুধরানো (śudhrano), Odia ସୁଧାରିବା (sudhāribā), Gujarati સુધારવું (sudhārvũ), Marathi सुधारणे (sudhārṇe), Assamese শুধৰোৱা (xudhorüa).

Pronunciation

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  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /sʊ.d̪ʱɑːɾ.nɑː/, [sʊ.d̪ʱäːɾ.näː]

Verb

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सुधारना (sudhārnā) (transitive, Urdu spelling سدھارنا)

  1. to improve, better
  2. to rectify, correct
  3. to fix

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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

Further reading

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