کرنا

See also: گرنا

Persian

Etymology

Perhaps from Sogdian.

Noun

کرنا • (karnâ)

  1. war-horn

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit करोति (karoti), from earlier Vedic Sanskrit कृणोति (kṛṇóti).

Verb

کرنا • (karnā) (Gurmukhi spelling ਕਰਨਾ)

  1. to do

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀓𑀭𑁂 (kare) + ـنا (-nā, verbal suffix), the first element of which is from Sanskrit कृ (kṛ, doing, making).

Pronunciation

Verb

کَرْنا • (karnā) (Hindi spelling करना)

  1. (transitive) to do
    تُم کْیا کَرْتے ہو؟
    tum kyā karte ho?
    What do you do?
  2. to make
  3. to cause

Usage notes

Conjugation

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

Further reading

  • کرنا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Platts, John T. (1884), کرنا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
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