बँटाना (bantaanaa)
verb
The regular causative of बँटना (bantnaa, 'to get divided/distributed'), meaning 'to have (something) divided or distributed' by someone else. Distinct from बाँटना (baantnaa, 'to divide/distribute' directly) and from बटाना (bataanaa, the unrelated causative of बटना, 'to have weighed').
Sense
1
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to have (something) divided or distributed
verb, transitive Causative of बँटना (bantnaa); the underlying doer of the actual dividing is marked with से (se), e.g. 'नौकर से' (naukar se, 'by/through the servant'), while the subject is the one who causes or arranges the division.
Synonyms: बँटवाना (bantvaanaa, variant form)
Frequency: low
Cultural Note: This verb shows up when talking about property, land, or inherited wealth being split up through someone's arrangement -- for instance a family elder getting the ancestral land बँटाना (bantaanaa) among the brothers rather than dividing it personally. It is a lower-frequency word, so learners are far more likely to encounter बाँटना (baantnaa) in daily speech.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners often confuse this with बाँटना (baantnaa), which means to directly divide or distribute something oneself; बँटाना (bantaanaa) instead means to get it divided by someone else, or to cause a division to happen. 2) It is easy to misread or mistype as बटाना (bataanaa), a completely different causative (of बटना, related to twisting/weighing), so the nasalization (chandrabindu) on बँ is important to notice.
Sample Sentences:
पिताजी ने ज़मीन बेटों में बँटाना चाहा।
Father wanted to have the land divided among the sons.
(pitaajii ne zamiin beton men bantaanaa chaahaa।)
दादाजी अपनी संपत्ति पंचों से बँटाना चाहते थे।
Grandfather wanted to have his property divided through the village elders.
(daadaajii apnii sampatti panchon se bantaanaa chaahte the।)
वह अपनी पुश्तैनी ज़मीन वकील से बँटवाएगा।
He will have his ancestral land divided through a lawyer.
(vah apnii pushtainii zamiin vakiil se bantvaaegaa।)
अगर बड़े भाई होते तो जायदाद बीच में ही बँटवा देते।
If the eldest brother had been around, he would have had the estate divided right away.
(agar bade bhaaii hote to jaaydaad biich men hii bantvaa dete।)
बुज़ुर्गों की मौजूदगी में खेत बँटवा लो, ताकि बाद में झगड़ा न हो।
Get the fields divided in the presence of the elders, so there's no dispute later.
(buzurgon kii maujoodgii men khet bantvaa lo, taaki baad men jhagdaa n ho।)
उसने वसीयत के मुताबिक मकान भाइयों में बँटवा दिया।
He had the house divided among the brothers according to the will.
(usne vasiiyat ke mutaabik makaan bhaaiyon men bantvaa diyaa।)
क्या आप चाहते हैं कि यह जायदाद किसी वकील से बँटवाई जाए?
Do you want this property to be had-divided through a lawyer?
(kyaa aap chaahte hain ki yah jaaydaad kisii vakiil se bantvaaii jaae?)
पंचायत की सलाह से ज़मीन बँटवाई जा रही है।
The land is being had-divided on the advice of the village council.
(panchaayat kii salaah se zamiin bantvaaii jaa rahii hai।)
Morphology
Verb
infinitive:
बँटाना
(bantaanaa)
infinitive oblique:
बँटाने
(bantaane)
habitual/simple (sg.m):
बँटाता
(bantaataa)
habitual/simple (pl.m):
बँटाते
(bantaate)
habitual/simple (sg.f):
बँटाती
(bantaatii)
habitual/simple (pl.f):
बँटातीं
(bantaatiin)
continuous (sg.m):
बँटा रहा
(bantaa rahaa)
continuous (pl.m):
बँटा रहे
(bantaa rahe)
continuous (sg.f):
बँटा रही
(bantaa rahii)
continuous (pl.f):
बँटा रहीं
(bantaa rahiin)
perfective (sg.m):
बँटाया
(bantaayaa)
perfective (pl.m):
बँटाए
(bantaae)
perfective (sg.f):
बँटाई
(bantaaii)
perfective (pl.f):
बँटाईं
(bantaaiin)
imperative (informal):
बँटा
(bantaa)
imperative (neutral):
बँटाओ
(bantaao)
imperative (formal):
बँटाइए
(bantaaie)
future (1sg.m):
बँटाऊँगा
(bantaaoongaa)
future (1sg.f):
बँटाऊँगी
(bantaaoongii)
future (1pl.m):
बँटाएँगे
(bantaaenge)
future (1pl.f):
बँटाएँगी
(bantaaengii)
future (2sg.m):
बँटाएगा
(bantaaegaa)
future (2sg.f):
बँटाएगी
(bantaaegii)
future (2pl.m):
बँटाओगे
(bantaaoge)
future (2pl.f):
बँटाओगी
(bantaaogii)
future (3sg.m):
बँटाएगा
(bantaaegaa)
future (3sg.f):
बँटाएगी
(bantaaegii)
future (3pl.m):
बँटाएँगे
(bantaaenge)
future (3pl.f):
बँटाएँगी
(bantaaengii)
subjunctive (1sg):
बँटाऊँ
(bantaaoon)
subjunctive (1pl):
बँटाएँ
(bantaaen)
subjunctive (2sg):
बँटाए
(bantaae)
subjunctive (2pl):
बँटाओ
(bantaao)
subjunctive (3sg):
बँटाए
(bantaae)
subjunctive (3pl):
बँटाएँ
(bantaaen)