Stay in Hindi
Meaning, Devanagari spelling and pronunciation
The meaning of “stay” in Hindi is रहना, pronounced lage rahana — it is a verb. Copy the Devanagari word above, hear how it is pronounced, and use it anywhere. To type words like this yourself, try our Hindi typing tool, or explore more words in the vocabulary sets.
stay the same; remain in a certain state
Hindi verb set
रहना (rahnā)
रहाना (rahānā)
रहवाना (rahvānā)
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-Aryan *ráźʰati?
Sanskrit विरहयति (virahayati)der.?
Prakrit 𑀭𑀳𑀇 (rahaï)
Old Hindi रहना (rahanā)
Hindi रहना
Inherited from Old Hindi रहना (rahanā). Cognate with Punjabi ਰਹਿਣਾ (rahiṇā), Nepali रहनु (rahanu), Bengali রহা (roha), রওয়া (roōẇa), Gujarati રહેવું (rahevũ), Marathi राहणे (rāhṇe), Assamese ৰোৱা (rüa).
Sense 4, the continuous aspect auxiliary, is a possible semantic loan from Persian ایستادن (istâdan), which served as the continuous aspect auxiliary in the Transoxiana dialect of Persian, a sense which is still preserved in modern Tajik истодан (istodan).
Quick facts about “stay”
Everything we know about this word at a glance.
रहना (rahnā)
रहाना (rahānā)
रहवाना (rahvānā)
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-Aryan *ráźʰati?
Sanskrit विरहयति (virahayati)der.?
Prakrit 𑀭𑀳𑀇 (rahaï)
Old Hindi रहना (rahanā)
Hindi रहना
Inherited from Old Hindi रहना (rahanā). Cognate with Punjabi ਰਹਿਣਾ (rahiṇā), Nepali रहनु (rahanu), Bengali রহা (roha), রওয়া (roōẇa), Gujarati રહેવું (rahevũ), Marathi राहणे (rāhṇe), Assamese ৰোৱা (rüa).
Sense 4, the continuous aspect auxiliary, is a possible semantic loan from Persian ایستادن (istâdan), which served as the continuous aspect auxiliary in the Transoxiana dialect of Persian, a sense which is still preserved in modern Tajik истодан (istodan).
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