दबना

Hindi

Hindi verb set
दबना (dabnā)
दाबना (dābnā)
दबाना (dabānā)
दबवाना (dabvānā)

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀤𑀩𑁆𑀩𑀤𑀺 (dabbadi), from Dravidian.

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /d̪əb.nɑː/, [d̪ɐb.näː]
  • Rhymes: -ɑː

Verb

दबना • (dabnā) (intransitive, Urdu spelling دبنا)

  1. to be pressed down
  2. to be squeezed, be rubbed, massaged (the feet)
  3. to be crushed, to be buried
    दब मरनाdab marnāto be crushed to death
  4. to subside, yield (under weight, pressure)
  5. to be restrained, reluctant, furtive (in glance, step)
    दबे पाँव चलनाdabe pā̃v calnāto walk or to move stealthily
  6. to be repressed (of feelings), subdued
    दबी ज़बान सेdabī zabān sein a subdued voice; in a reluctant voice
  7. to be oppressed, submit (to control, authority), yield (to force)
  8. to intimidated, overshadowed (in importance), to cower
  9. to die down (as fire, epidemic), subside (as anger, or illness)
  10. to be forgotten or shelved (a matter)
  11. to be retrenched (in scope).
  12. to be concealed, crouch down, lurk, vanish (of possessions), to be lost
  13. to be withheld or usurped (a right, a possession)
  14. to fall short (an amount).

Conjugation

References

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