ٹھہرنا

Urdu

Alternative forms

  • ٹَھیرنا (ṭhairnā), ٹَہَرنا

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *stabʰiras (compare Sanskrit स्तभ् (stabh)).[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

ٹَھہَرْنا • (ṭhaharnā) (intransitive, Hindi spelling ठहरना)

  1. to wait, stay, stop
    Synonym: رکنا (ruknā)
  2. to live, accommodate
  3. to be fixed, stable
  4. to be settled

Conjugation

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

References

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