کروانا

Urdu

Etymology

Causative form of کرنا (karnā) with stem augmented by وا ()

Pronunciation

Verb

کروانا • (karvānā) (Hindi spelling करवाना)

  1. (transitive) to cause to do, to make do or cause, to have or get done or made
    میری اس سے ملاقات کرواؤ گی کیا؟
    merī us-se mulāqāt karvāo-gī kyā?
    Will you introduce me to her?
    (literally, “Will you do my introduction to her?”)

Usage notes

  • Forms a large number of compound verbs, for example شادی کروانا (śādī karvānā) means "to have or get wedded" and is formed with the noun شادی (śādī, wedding).

Conjugation

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

Further reading

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