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Look on in Hindi

Meaning, Devanagari spelling and pronunciation

Look onverb
देखना
🗣️ samajhana [/d̪eːkʰ.nɑː/, [d̪eːkʰ.näː]]
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📖 Meaning of “look on”

The meaning of “look on” in Hindi is देखना, pronounced samajhana — 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.

🔠 All meanings in Hindi
samajhana (verb) देखना
(verb) समझाना
(verb) देखते रहना
📘 Definition of look on

look on as or consider

✍️ Look on in a sentence
My performance seems somehow always to get worse when there are other people looking on.
तू क्या देख रहा है?
🌱 Word Origin (Etymology)

Hindi verb set
दिखना (dikhnā)
देखना (dekhnā)
दिखाना (dikhānā)
दिखवाना (dikhvānā)
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *derḱ-
Sanskrit दृश् (dṛś)der.
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Sanskrit प्रेक्ष॑ते (prékṣate)influ.?
Sanskrit *देक्षति (*dekṣati)
Ashokan Prakrit 𑀤𑁂𑀔𑀢𑀺 (dekhati /⁠dekkhati⁠/)
Prakrit देक्खइ (dĕkkhaï)
Hindi देखना
Inherited from Prakrit देक्खइ (dĕkkhaï), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀤𑁂𑀔𑀢𑀺 (dekhati /⁠dekkhati⁠/), from Sanskrit *देक्षति (*dekṣati), from दृश् (dṛś), possibly influenced by प्रेक्ष॑ते (prékṣate).

Quick facts about “look on”

Everything we know about this word at a glance.

Word (English)
Look on
Meaning in Hindi
देखना
Pronunciation
samajhana
Part of speech
Verb
Word Origin (Etymology)
Hindi verb set
दिखना (dikhnā)
देखना (dekhnā)
दिखाना (dikhānā)
दिखवाना (dikhvānā)
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *derḱ-
Sanskrit दृश् (dṛś)der.
▲
Sanskrit प्रेक्ष॑ते (prékṣate)influ.?
Sanskrit *देक्षति (*dekṣati)
Ashokan Prakrit 𑀤𑁂𑀔𑀢𑀺 (dekhati /⁠dekkhati⁠/)
Prakrit देक्खइ (dĕkkhaï)
Hindi देखना
Inherited from Prakrit देक्खइ (dĕkkhaï), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀤𑁂𑀔𑀢𑀺 (dekhati /⁠dekkhati⁠/), from Sanskrit *देक्षति (*dekṣati), from दृश् (dṛś), possibly influenced by प्रेक्ष॑ते (prékṣate).

Frequently Asked Questions

The Hindi meaning of "look on" is देखना (samajhana).
In Devanagari script it is written as देखना.
It is pronounced "samajhana". Tap the speaker icon on this page to hear it aloud.