As a Hindi name
खेलना · verb
अ॰ [सं॰] [प्रे॰ रुप खेलना] · केवल चित्त की उमंग से अथवा मन बहलाने या व्यायाम के लिये इधर उधर उछलना, कुदना, दौ़ड़ना आदि । जैसे,—लड़के बाहर खेल रहे हैं · कामक्रीड़ा करना । बिहार करना — Śabdasāgara
खेलना · verb
स॰ · ऐसी क्रिया करना जो केवल मनबहलाव या व्य़ायाम आदि के लिये की जाती है और जिसमें कभी कभी हार जीत का भी विचार किया जाता है जैसे,—गेंद खलना; जुआ खेलना, ताश खेलना इत्यादि · किसी वस्तु को लेकर अपना जी बहलाना । किसी वस्तु को मनोरंजन के लिये हिलाना डुलाना आदि । जैसे,—खिलौना खेलना । जैसे—कागज यहाँ न छोड़ा, नहीं तो लड़के खेल डालेंगे — Śabdasāgara
खेलना · khelnā · v.n.
To play, sport, gambol, frisk, frolic; to amuse or divert oneself — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 886
खेलना
to play (a game, a sport)
Cited formation "खेलना" is खेल + -ना: खेल means "game, sport; fun", and the suffix -ना forms infinitives. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(19) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "खेलना" is खेलना + -ना: खेलना means "to play (a game, a sport)", and the suffix -ना forms infinitives. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(19) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "खेलना" is खेलन + -आ: खेलन means "हिलाना डुलाना । नचाना (नेत्र)", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
a Hindi word of Prakrit origin; it is not Sanskrit — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Hindi verb set खेलना (khelnā) खिलाना (khilānā) खिलवाना (khilvānā) Inherited from Prakrit खेलइ (khelaï, “to play”), 𑀔𑁂𑀮𑀡 n (khelaṇa, “playing”), of uncertain further origin. See there for more. Cognate with Nepali खेल्नु (khelnu), Marathi खेळणे (kheḷṇe), Konkani खेळ्चे (kheḷce)…” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
moving to and fro
Verified derivationMultiple readings (3)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "khelanā" is the feminine form of "khelana" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
Dictionary citations
khelanā f. moving to and fro, Padyas. 16
khelana n. moving to and fro, shaking, W.
quivering motion (of the eyes), Gīt. i, 40
Alternative readings
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