बैठना baiṭhnā

बैठना baiṭhnā [upaviśati], v.i. 1. to sit, to sit down. 2. to board, to mount (on or in, पर or में: any conveyance); to mount (a horse). 3. to brood (a hen). 4. to sink; to decline, to be impaired; to grow hoarse (the voice); to founder (as a business). 5. to subside (as a swelling); to settle (a precipitate). 6. to collapse (a building). 7. to grow lukewarm (in support). 8. to take up, to assume occupancy. गद्दी पर, to mount a throne; to be seated (a shopkeeper, to receive custom); to assume leadership of a sect. 9. to be expended (on, पर: money). 10. to take part (in, में: a class); to sit (an examination). 11. to take root, to grow (a crop). 12. to alight, to settle; to take (as a graft); to take up residence. 13. to sit idle, unemployed. 14. to set (as the sun). 15. to pair, to couple (with, के साथ: animals, birds). 16. to lose quality, taste, flavour, &c. 17. to weigh (on a scales, &c.); to amount to (in weight, value). 18. to strike home, or true (a blow, a shot). 19. to be placed, to sit (on, पर: as a hat). 20. to have force. ठीक, to carry conviction (words, &c.). 21. to become practised (as the hand, in a skill). — बैठे-ठाले, adv. (while) sitting doing nothing.

बैठना baiṭhanā baiṭḥnā: (v) to sit; to squat, to occupy a seat; to cling, to settle down; to sink; to be adjusted; to be satisfied (as a condition, provision, etc.); to withdraw (as from a contest); to be without occupation/work; to appear (in some examination); to cave in, to crash down; to ride on; to fit in; to live as wife; to become adept (as हाथ—); बैठ जाना to crash down; to give way; बैठा-ठाला idle, without any occupation/employment; बैठी मेहराब drop arch; बैठे- बिठाए for no reason, for no fault of (a person); suddenly, unexpectedly; बैठे से बेगार भली unremunerative work is better than no work.