अटकना

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Hindi

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Etymology

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Hindi verb set
अटकना (aṭaknā)
अटकाना (aṭkānā)
अटकवाना (aṭakvānā)

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀅𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀓𑁆𑀓𑁆- (*aṭṭakk-), probably borrowed from Dravidian. Compare Punjabi ਅਟਕਣਾ (aṭakṇā), Gujarati અટકવું (aṭakvũ), Marathi अडकणे (aḍakṇe), Bengali আটকানো (aṭkanō).

Pronunciation

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  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /ə.ʈək.nɑː/, [ɐ.ʈɐk.näː]
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Verb

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अटकना (aṭaknā) (intransitive, Urdu spelling اٹکنا)

  1. to be stopped, to stop
    गाड़ी रास्ते में अटक गई।
    gāṛī rāste mẽ aṭak gaī.
    The car stopped working on the way.
  2. to be stuck, jammed, entangled
    Synonym: फँसना (phãsnā)
    पेड़ पर मेरी पतंग अटक गई।
    peṛ par merī pataṅg aṭak gaī.
    My kite got stuck in a tree.
  3. to falter
    बोलते-बोलते अटकनाbolte-bolte aṭaknāto falter as one is speaking
  4. to become involved, to be caught in something
    Synonyms: उलझना (ulajhnā), फँसना (phãsnā)

Conjugation

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References

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Helmut Nespital (2008) “अटकना”, in Hindī Kriyā-koś [Hindi Verb Compendium]‎[1], Lokbharti Prakashan, →ISBN, page अटकना