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کرنا
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See also: گرنا
Pahari-Potwari
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Inherited from Prakrit 𑀓𑀭𑁂𑀇 (karei), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀓𑀭𑁄𑀢𑀺 (karoti), from Sanskrit क॒रोति॑ (karóti), from कृ॒णोति॑ (kṛṇóti), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kr̥náwti, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer- + *-néwti.
Verb
کَرݨا (karṇā)
- (transitive) to do
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Persian
Alternative forms
- کرنای (karnây), کارنای (kârnây), کرنی (karney), کرهنای (karre-nây), خرنای (xarnây)
Etymology
Perhaps from Sogdian. According to Burhan-i Qati, the کر (kar) portion is equivalent to the کار (kâr) in کارزار (kârzâr, “battle, battlefield”) and کاروان (kârvân, “convoy”), going back to Old Persian 𐎣𐎠𐎼 (k-a-r /kāra/, “army”), while the second portion is نای (nây, “flute”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [kaɾ.ˈnɑː]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [kʰʲæɹ.nɒ́ː]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [kʰäɾ.näj]
Noun
کرنا • (karnâ)
- (music) kerana, kernei, karnay (a long thin brass horn or trumpet)
- Synonyms: شیپور (šeypur), صور (sur)
- war-horn
- Synonym: بوق جنگی (buq-e jangi)
Derived terms
- کرناچی (karnâči, “trumpeter”)
Descendants
Related terms
- سرنا (sornâ)
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Punjabi
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Inherited from Prakrit 𑀓𑀭𑁂𑀇 (karei), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀓𑀭𑁄𑀢𑀺 (karoti), from Sanskrit क॒रोति॑ (karóti), from कृ॒णोति॑ (kṛṇóti), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kr̥náwti, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer- + *-néwti.
Pronunciation
Verb
کَرݨا • (karṇā) (ambitransitive, Gurmukhi spelling ਕਰਨਾ)
- (transitive) to do, act, perform
- (transitive) an element of a compound verb: makes most (especially borrowed) adjectives and nouns into verbs
- صاف کَرݨا
- ṣāf karṇā
- To clean
- (transitive, auxiliary) to do habitually
References
- “کرنا”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
Urdu
Etymology
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Inherited from Prakrit 𑀓𑀭𑁂𑀇 (karei), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀓𑀭𑁄𑀢𑀺 (karoti), from Sanskrit क॒रोति॑ (karóti), from कृ॒णोति॑ (kṛṇóti), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kr̥náwti, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer- + *-néwti. Cognate with Punjabi ਕਰਨਾ (karnā), Nepali गर्नु (garnu), Persian کردن (kardan).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /kəɾ.nɑː/
Verb
کَرْنا • (karnā) (Hindi spelling करना)
- (transitive) to do
- تُم کْیا کَرْتے ہو؟
- tum kyā karte ho?
- What do you do?
- to make
- to cause
Usage notes
- Forms a large number of compound verbs, for example آرام کَرْنا (ārām karnā) means "to rest" and is formed with the noun آرام (ārām, “rest”).
Conjugation
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- Note: The second-person polite form آپ (āp) uses the third-person plural conjugation.
Related terms
- کَرانا (karānā)
- کَرْوانا (karvānā)
Further reading
- “کرنا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “کرنا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
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