खींचातान khīñchātān

Hindi is also shown in Latin characters, using an adapted form of ISO 15919 transliteration.

How to read the transliteration

This site uses transliteration based on ISO 15919, with a few adaptations to make reading easier: h is added after c, ś and ṣ, and i after the vowel r̥. These adaptations bring it closer to the Hunterian system used in India while retaining the distinctive marks of ISO 15919.

Adaptations used on this site
ISO 15919On this site
cch
śśh
ṣṣh
r̥r̥i

A few reading pointers:

  • ā, ī, ū: the line above the letter indicates a long vowel.
  • ṭ, ḍ, ṇ: the dot below distinguishes retroflex consonants from t, d, n.
  • A tilde above a vowel indicates nasalisation.

Hindi · n. · f.

Earlier definition

Definition

Tugging.
Pulling back and forth.
Ttug-of-war (literal or figurative).
Tussle.
Struggle.
Wrangling (argumentative back-and-forth).
Ttwisting or distortion (of words or meaning) depending on context.
The core idea is a situation where people are “pulling in different directions,” either physically or metaphorically (argument, manipulation, or forced interpretation).

Usual translation

  1. tug of war

Origin of the definition

H کهينچ खैंच khaiṅć, खेंच kheṅć, or खींच khīṅć (v.n. of khaiṅćnā, &c.), s.f. Drawing, dragging, pulling; draw, pull; attraction; drawing aside or apart (from), holding aloof (from); aversion, &c. ( = khīć, q.v.); procrastination, delay; — tenseness, tension; — scantiness; scarcity, deficiency: — khaiṅć-ā-tānī, or khaiṅć-ā-khāṅćī, or khaiṅć-ā-khaiṅć, or khaiṅć-ā-khaiṅćī, or (dialec.) khaiṅć-khameṭ, s.f. Pulling and hauling; stretching and straining; struggle, contention, scuffle.

खींचातान. Struggle; Scuffling.

खींचना khīñcanā khī:chnā: (v) to pull; to pull one's leg; to draw; to tighten; to expand; to extract; to attract; to drag. खींच-तान tussel; tugging; twisting (e.g. meaning of a word or statement); खींचा-तानी manipulation, tussel and tugging; twisting and distorting, far-fetching.

Usage in the murlis

Murlis of the day (and original sakar)

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Avyakts

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Created
Tuesday 24 February 2026
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Tuesday 24 February 2026