करवाना

From the verb root कर (kar, “to do”) by adding the causative infinitive suffix -वाना (-vānā).

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /kəɾ.ʋɑː.nɑː/, [kɐɾ.ʋäː.näː]

करवाना • (karvānā) (Urdu spelling کروانا‎)

1. (transitive) to cause to do, to make do, to get done

   करवा देना ― karvā denā ― to cause to accomplish, complete

   करवा लेना ― karvā lenā ― to cause to do (for oneself)

   करवा पाना ― karvā pānā ― to be able to make someone do, to cause for someone to accomplish something

   मुझे इन काग़ज़ों के फ़ोटो-कॉपीज़ करवाने हैं

   mujhe in kāġzõ ke foṭo-kŏpīz karvāne ha͠i

   I have to get photocopies of these documents done.

   मेरी उससे मुलाक़ात करवा दोगी क्या?

   merī usse mulāqāt karvā dogī kyā?

   Will you introduce me to him/her? (literally: Will you make me and him meet?)

2. (transitive) an element of a compound verb: makes most (especially borrowed) adjectives and nouns into verbs

   साफ़ करवाना

   sāf karvānā

   to cause to clean

   तू उससे सफ़ाई करवा रहा है?

   tū usse safāī karvā rahā hai?

   Are you making him clean?

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• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “करवाना”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Bahri, Hardev (1989), “करवाना”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.