تھوکنا

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Urdu[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀣𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀇 (thukkaï), from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀣𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀢𑀺 (*thukkati). Cognate with Gujarati થૂંકવું (thū̃kvũ), Marathi थुंकणे (thuṅkṇe), Sindhi ٿُڪَڻُ / थुकणु (thukaṇu), Punjabi ਥੁੱਕਣਾ (thukkaṇā), Nepali थुक्नु (thuknu), Odia ଥୁକିବା (thukiba). By surface analysis, تُھوک (thūk, spit; saliva) +‎ ـنا (-nā, verb-forming suffix).

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

تُھوکنا (thūknā) (ambitransitive, Hindi spelling थूकना)

  1. to spit
  2. to vilify

Conjugation[edit]

  • Note: The second-person polite form آپ (āp) (āp) uses the third-person plural conjugation.

References[edit]

  • تھوکنا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “thūknā”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 349
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “تهوکنا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 209
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “thūknā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 347