सुखाना (sukhaanaa)
verb
The causative of सूखना (sookhnaa, 'to dry/become dry') -- सुखाना (sukhaanaa) means 'to dry something' or 'to make something dry,' the action someone performs on clothes, hair, grain, etc.
Sense
1
:
to dry (something), to make dry
verb, transitive
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: In most homes clothes are hung out to dry in the sun rather than machine-dried, so कपड़े सुखाना (kapde sukhaanaa, 'to dry clothes') is a very concrete, everyday domestic phrase -- picture a rooftop or balcony (छत chhat) strung with a clothesline. This verb pairs with सूखना (sookhnaa) the way most Hindi causative pairs do: the intransitive describes something happening on its own, the causative describes someone making it happen.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners confuse this with सूखना (sookhnaa), the intransitive 'to become dry/to dry out (on its own)' -- कपड़े सूख गए (kapde sookh gae, 'the clothes dried [by themselves]') versus मैंने कपड़े सुखाए (mainne kapde sukhaae, 'I dried the clothes'). 2) Because it is transitive, past tense requires ने (ne) marking on the subject, which learners sometimes drop by analogy with the intransitive पड़ना (padnaa)-type verbs they learned first.
Sample Sentences:
माँ छत पर कपड़े सुखा रही है।
Mom is drying clothes on the roof.
(maan chhat par kapde sukhaa rahii hai।)
हर सुबह वह अपने बाल तौलिए से सुखाती है।
Every morning she dries her hair with a towel.
(har subah vah apne baal taulie se sukhaatii hai।)
बारिश से पहले कपड़े सुखा लो!
Dry the clothes before it rains!
(baarish se pahle kapde sukhaa lo!)
उसने भीगी किताबें धूप में सुखाईं।
He dried the wet books in the sun.
(usne bhiigii kitaaben dhoop men sukhaaiin।)
अगर बिजली न होती, तो हम कपड़े कैसे सुखाते?
If there were no electricity, how would we dry the clothes?
(agar bijlii n hotii, to ham kapde kaise sukhaate?)
आज बारिश की वजह से कपड़े मशीन में सुखाए जाएँगे।
Because of the rain today, the clothes will be dried in the machine.
(aaj baarish kii vajah se kapde mashiin men sukhaae jaaenge।)
क्या तुम मेरे लिए यह चादर सुखा दोगी?
Will you dry this sheet for me?
(kyaa tum mere lie yah chaadar sukhaa dogii?)
किसान अपनी फसल को खेत में सुखाते हैं।
Farmers dry their crop in the field.
(kisaan apnii phasal ko khet men sukhaate hain।)
कृपया अचार को सुखाने के लिए धूप में रख दें।
Please put the pickle out in the sun to dry.
(kripyaa achaar ko sukhaane ke lie dhoop men rakh den।)
उम्मीद है कि तेज़ हवा में कपड़े जल्दी सुख जाएँ, इसलिए मैंने उन्हें बालकनी में सुखा दिया।
Hoping the clothes dry quickly in the strong wind, I dried them out on the balcony.
(ummiid hai ki tez havaa men kapde jaldii sukh jaaen, islie mainne unhen baalaknii men sukhaa diyaa।)
गीले जूतों को अखबार में लपेटकर सुखाया जाता है।
Wet shoes are dried by wrapping them in newspaper.
(giile jooton ko akhbaar men lapetkar sukhaayaa jaataa hai।)
Morphology
Verb
infinitive:
सुखाना
(sukhaanaa)
infinitive oblique:
सुखाने
(sukhaane)
habitual/simple (sg.m):
सुखाता
(sukhaataa)
habitual/simple (pl.m):
सुखाते
(sukhaate)
habitual/simple (sg.f):
सुखाती
(sukhaatii)
habitual/simple (pl.f):
सुखातीं
(sukhaatiin)
continuous (sg.m):
सुखा रहा
(sukhaa rahaa)
continuous (pl.m):
सुखा रहे
(sukhaa rahe)
continuous (sg.f):
सुखा रही
(sukhaa rahii)
continuous (pl.f):
सुखा रहीं
(sukhaa rahiin)
perfective (sg.m):
सुखाया
(sukhaayaa)
perfective (pl.m):
सुखाए
(sukhaae)
perfective (sg.f):
सुखाई
(sukhaaii)
perfective (pl.f):
सुखाईं
(sukhaaiin)
imperative (informal):
सुखा
(sukhaa)
imperative (neutral):
सुखाओ
(sukhaao)
imperative (formal):
सुखाइए
(sukhaaie)
future (1sg.m):
सुखाऊँगा
(sukhaaoongaa)
future (1sg.f):
सुखाऊँगी
(sukhaaoongii)
future (1pl.m):
सुखाएँगे
(sukhaaenge)
future (1pl.f):
सुखाएँगी
(sukhaaengii)
future (2sg.m):
सुखाएगा
(sukhaaegaa)
future (2sg.f):
सुखाएगी
(sukhaaegii)
future (2pl.m):
सुखाओगे
(sukhaaoge)
future (2pl.f):
सुखाओगी
(sukhaaogii)
future (3sg.m):
सुखाएगा
(sukhaaegaa)
future (3sg.f):
सुखाएगी
(sukhaaegii)
future (3pl.m):
सुखाएँगे
(sukhaaenge)
future (3pl.f):
सुखाएँगी
(sukhaaengii)
subjunctive (1sg):
सुखाऊँ
(sukhaaoon)
subjunctive (1pl):
सुखाएँ
(sukhaaen)
subjunctive (2sg):
सुखाए
(sukhaae)
subjunctive (2pl):
सुखाओ
(sukhaao)
subjunctive (3sg):
सुखाए
(sukhaae)
subjunctive (3pl):
सुखाएँ
(sukhaaen)