सेंकना

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सेंकना

/sẽːk.nɑː/ Hindi, Standard
[sẽːk.näː] Hindi, Standard

Where it comes from

Hindi verb set

सिंकना (siṅknā)

सेंकना (sẽknā)

सिंकवाना (siṅkvānā)

Etymology tree

Sanskrit श्र॒पय॑ति (śrapáyati)?

Sanskrit स्वेदयति (svedayati)?

Proto-New Indo-Aryan *𑀲𑁂𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀇 (*sekkaï)

Hindi सेंकना

Inherited from Proto-New Indo-Aryan *सेक्कइ (sĕkkaï) with spontaneous nasalization.

Cognates

Cognate with Nepali सेक्नु (seknu), Punjabi ਸੇਕਣਾ (sekṇā) / سیکݨا (sekṇā), Sindhi سيڪَڻُ (sekaṇu) / सेकणु, سيڪو (seko) / सेको, سيڪُ (seku) / सेकु, Gujarati શેકવું (śekvũ), Marathi शेकणे (śekṇe), Odia ସେକିବା (sekibā), ସେକା (sekā), Bengali সেকা (śeka), Assamese সেকা (xeka).

verb sẽknā · سینکْنَا · सेंक · सेंकना · सेंकने · सेंककर

transitive to roast, bake
transitive to warm, make hot; apply heat

In English

roast to process by drying through heat-exposure
bake to cook in an oven

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MLA

"सेंकना." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/hi/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

APA

सेंकना. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/hi/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE

Chicago

"सेंकना." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/hi/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE.

BibTeX

@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {सेंकना},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hi/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}