झटकणे

Marathi

Etymology

Extended with Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓𑁆𑀓- (-kka-) (compare Old Marathi 𑘖𑘐𑘘𑘜𑘹 (j̈hagaṭṇe, “to brush against forcibly”)). Related to झटका (j̈haṭkā). Compare Gujarati ઝટકવું (jhaṭakvũ), ઝાટકવું (jhāṭakvũ), Hindustani جَھَٹکْنَا (jhāṭknā) / झटकना (jhaṭaknā), Punjabi ਝਟਕਣਾ (jhaṭkaṇā) / جھٹکݨا (jhṭkṇā).

Pronunciation

• (formal) IPA^(key): /d͡zʱə.ʈək.ɳe/
• (colloquial) IPA^(key): /d͡zʱə.ʈək.ɳə/

Verb

झटकणे • (j̈haṭakṇe) (transitive)

1. to shake out, brush off

Derived terms

• झटका (j̈haṭkā, “shock, jerk”)

Further reading

• Berntsen, Maxine, “झटकणे”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “झटकणें,_झटकाविणें”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “झटकणें,_झटकाविणें”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*jhaṭ”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press