Wakening in Hindi
Meaning, Devanagari spelling and pronunciation
The meaning of “wakening” in Hindi is जागना, pronounced jagana — 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.
the act of waking
Hindi verb set
जगना (jagnā)
जागना (jāgnā)
जगाना (jagānā)
जगवाना (jagvānā)
Inherited from Prakrit जग्गइ (jaggaï), from older जग्गति (jaggati), from Sanskrit जाग्रति (jāgrati), a later variant of जागर्ति (jāgarti), the intensive from the root गृ (gṛ, “to wake”). Compare Punjabi ਜਾਗਣਾ (jāgṇā) / جاگنا (jāgnā), Gujarati જાગવું (jāgvũ), Nepali जाग्नु (jāgnu), Sindhi جَاڳَڻُ (jāg̠aṇu) / जाॻणु (jāɡ̈aṇu), Bengali জাগা (jaga), Assamese জাগা (zaga), Marathi जागणे (j̈āgṇe), Konkani जाग्चे (zāgce). More distantly related to Classical Persian بیدَار (bēdār), whence Hindi बेदार (bedār, “awake”).
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जगना (jagnā)
जागना (jāgnā)
जगाना (jagānā)
जगवाना (jagvānā)
Inherited from Prakrit जग्गइ (jaggaï), from older जग्गति (jaggati), from Sanskrit जाग्रति (jāgrati), a later variant of जागर्ति (jāgarti), the intensive from the root गृ (gṛ, “to wake”). Compare Punjabi ਜਾਗਣਾ (jāgṇā) / جاگنا (jāgnā), Gujarati જાગવું (jāgvũ), Nepali जाग्नु (jāgnu), Sindhi جَاڳَڻُ (jāg̠aṇu) / जाॻणु (jāɡ̈aṇu), Bengali জাগা (jaga), Assamese জাগা (zaga), Marathi जागणे (j̈āgṇe), Konkani जाग्चे (zāgce). More distantly related to Classical Persian بیدَار (bēdār), whence Hindi बेदार (bedār, “awake”).
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