सकुचना

Hindi

Hindi verb set
सकुचना (sakucnā)
सकुचाना (sakucānā)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit संकुच्यते (saṃkucyate), from the root कुच् (kuc).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /sə.kʊt͡ʃ.nɑː/, [sɐ.kʊt͡ʃ.näː]

Verb

सकुचना • (sakucnā) (intransitive)

  1. to shrink
  2. to be shy, or bashful
  3. to hesitate

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

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