टिमटिमाना

Hindi

Etymology

Perhaps onomatopoeic. See also टिमटिम (ṭimṭim).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ʈɪm.ʈɪ.mɑː.nɑː/, [ʈɪ̃m.ʈɪ.mäː.näː]

Verb

टिमटिमाना • (ṭimṭimānā) (intransitive, Urdu spelling ٹمٹمانا)

  1. to twinkle, flicker, flash
    तारे टिमटिमाते हुए बहुत प्यारे लगते हैं।
    tāre ṭimṭimāte hue bahut pyāre lagte ha͠i.
    The stars look beautiful when they flicker.
    • 2012, Mohan Rana, Tīsrā Pahar [After Midnight] lines 1-7:
      मैंने तारों को देखा बहुत दूर
      जितना मैं उनसे
      वे दिखे इस पल में
      टिमटिमाते अतीत के पल
      अँधेरे की असीमता में,
      सुबह का पीछा करती रात में
      यह तीसरा पहर
      ma͠ine tārõ ko dekhā bahut dūr
      jitnā ma͠i unse
      ve dikhe is pal mẽ
      ṭimṭimāte atīt ke pal
      andhere kī asīmtā mẽ,
      subah kā pīchā kartī rāt mẽ
      yah tīsrā pahar
      • Translation by Bernard O’Donoghue
        I saw the stars far off -
        as far as I from them:
        in this moment I saw them -
        in moments of the twinkling past.
        In the boundless depths of darkness,
        these hours
        hunt the morning through the night.

Conjugation

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