पकड़ना

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पकड़ना

  • /pə.kəɽ.nɑː/ Hindi, Standard
  • [pɐ.kɐɽ.näː] Hindi, Standard

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Hindi verb set

पकड़ना (pakaṛnā)

पकड़ाना (pakṛānā)

पकड़वाना (pakaṛvānā)

Inherited from Old Hindi पकडि (pakaḍi), पाकडि (pākaḍi), from Proto-New Indo-Aryan *पक्कडइ (pakkaḍaï), perhaps further from Prakrit पग्ग- (pagga-, “seizes”) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀟- (-ḍa-). Cognate to Gujarati પકડવું (pakaḍvũ), Marathi पकडणे (pakaḍṇe).

verb pakaṛnā · پکڑنا · पकड़ · पकड़ना · पकड़ने · पकड़कर

  1. transitive to hold
  2. transitive to seize
  3. transitive to catch
  4. transitive to clutch

    Similar: थामना

In English

  • catch to intercept an object in the air etc.
  • hold to grasp
  • arrest to take into legal custody
  • detain put under custody

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"पकड़ना." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/hi/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BC%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

APA

पकड़ना. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/hi/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BC%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE

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"पकड़ना." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/hi/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BC%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE.

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {पकड़ना},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hi/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BC%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}