Fly off at a tangent in Hindi
Meaning, Devanagari spelling and pronunciation
The meaning of “fly off at a tangent” in Hindi is भटकना, pronounced bhaTakana — 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.
To digress from a topic.
Hindi verb set
भटकना (bhaṭaknā)
भटकाना (bhaṭkānā)
भटकवाना (bhaṭakvānā)
Cognate with Gujarati ભટકવું (bhaṭakvũ), Kumaoni [script needed] (bhaṭkaṇo, “to wander, be delirious”), and Marathi भटकणे (bhaṭakṇe, “to wander”). Per Turner, Bloch, and McGregor, probably a verbal derivative from Prakrit भट्ठ (bhaṭṭha, “fallen”) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓𑁆𑀓- (-kka-), from Sanskrit भ्रष्ट (bhraṣṭa, “corrupted”), whence Hindi भ्रष्ट (bhraṣṭ), भाटा (bhāṭā, “flow, ebb tide”). The deaspiration of Prakrit -ṭṭh- is seen in भाटा (bhāṭā) ~ भाठा (bhāṭhā) and is a feature of Grassman's law in Middle Indo-Aryan. The semantic drift would be "fallen" > "to be delirious, corrupt in morality" > "to wander". Compare Bengali ভাটা (bhaṭa).
Alternatively, somehow related to भडक्क (bhaḍakka, “sudden noise”), whence भड़कना (bhaṛaknā, “to flare up, start”).
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भटकना (bhaṭaknā)
भटकाना (bhaṭkānā)
भटकवाना (bhaṭakvānā)
Cognate with Gujarati ભટકવું (bhaṭakvũ), Kumaoni [script needed] (bhaṭkaṇo, “to wander, be delirious”), and Marathi भटकणे (bhaṭakṇe, “to wander”). Per Turner, Bloch, and McGregor, probably a verbal derivative from Prakrit भट्ठ (bhaṭṭha, “fallen”) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓𑁆𑀓- (-kka-), from Sanskrit भ्रष्ट (bhraṣṭa, “corrupted”), whence Hindi भ्रष्ट (bhraṣṭ), भाटा (bhāṭā, “flow, ebb tide”). The deaspiration of Prakrit -ṭṭh- is seen in भाटा (bhāṭā) ~ भाठा (bhāṭhā) and is a feature of Grassman's law in Middle Indo-Aryan. The semantic drift would be "fallen" > "to be delirious, corrupt in morality" > "to wander". Compare Bengali ভাটা (bhaṭa).
Alternatively, somehow related to भडक्क (bhaḍakka, “sudden noise”), whence भड़कना (bhaṛaknā, “to flare up, start”).
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