ankle
/ˈæŋkl/noun
उच्चारण ऐंकल
टख़ना
Basic word
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the joint connecting the foot to the leg
टख़ना
- She twisted her ankle while running.
- The doctor put a bandage around my swollen ankle.
- The water was deep enough to reach her ankles.
+ 1 more example
- He tripped on the stairs and hurt his ankle.
Synonyms ankle joint tarsus
§Structures (grammar patterns) 5
sprain / twist / break / hurt + your ankle
Use these verbs with the possessive and ankle to describe an injury. Do not add a preposition.
चोट बताने के लिए ये क्रियाएं possessive और 'ankle' के साथ आती हैं। कोई preposition न जोड़ें।
- Radhika sprained her ankle on the stairs.
- He twisted his ankle while running.
at / around / above / below the ankle
Prepositions place something in relation to the ankle: around the ankle for a band, above the ankle for clothes.
Prepositions किसी चीज़ को ankle के सापेक्ष स्थान देते हैं: पट्टी के लिए around the ankle, कपड़ों के लिए above the ankle।
- She wore a chain around her ankle.
- The water was ankle-deep.
ankle-deep / ankle-length (compound adjectives)
These join ankle and another word with a hyphen to describe depth or length.
ये ankle और किसी दूसरे शब्द को hyphen से जोड़कर गहराई या लंबाई बताते हैं।
- The street was ankle-deep in water.
- She wore an ankle-length skirt.
by the ankle / hold sb by the ankle
Use by when you hold someone at a particular part of the body.
किसी को शरीर के किसी विशेष भाग से पकड़ने के लिए by आता है।
- The dog caught him by the ankle.
ankle (noun) vs heel / foot
The ankle is the joint above the foot. The heel is the back of the foot, and the foot is the whole part below the ankle.
टखना पैर के ऊपर का जोड़ है। एड़ी पैर का पिछला भाग है, और पैर वह पूरा भाग है जो टखने के नीचे होता है।
- His heel hurts when he walks, but the ankle is fine.
+Collocations 4
verb + ankle
spraintwistbreakbruiseinjurewrap
- The player twisted an ankle in the final over.
adjective + ankle
swollenweakpainfulbareslimsore
- Her swollen ankle needed rest.
ankle + noun
bonejointsupportsprainbraceletboot
- The doctor tied an ankle support.
ankle + measure
ankle-deepankle-lengthup to the ankleabove the ankle
- We walked through ankle-deep water in the monsoon.
“More examples 6
- He fell from the cycle and hurt his ankle.
वह साइकिल से गिर गया और उसके टखने में चोट लग गई।
- The monsoon water reached up to our ankles.
मानसून का पानी हमारे टखनों तक पहुँच गया।
- Radhika wore a thin silver chain around her ankle.
राधिका ने अपने टखने में एक पतली चाँदी की चेन पहनी थी।
- The ankle is the joint between the foot and the leg.
टखना पैर और टाँग के बीच का जोड़ है।
- The footballer missed the match because of an ankle injury.
फुटबॉल खिलाड़ी टखने की चोट के कारण मैच नहीं खेल सका।
- Radhika took off her sandals and stepped into the ankle-deep stream.
राधिका ने सैंडल उतारे और टखने तक गहरी धारा में उतर गई।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
Ankle, wrist and knee are joints, but each joins a different part of the body.
Ankle, wrist और knee जोड़ हैं, पर प्रत्येक शरीर के अलग भाग को जोड़ता है।
The joint between the hand and the arm.
हाथ और बाँह के बीच का जोड़।
- He wears a watch on his wrist.
≈Synonyms and antonyms
Synonyms
ankle joint tarsus
AaSpelling
an·kle
?Which word?
Keep the body-part words together (often confused): ankle (between foot and leg), wrist (between hand and arm), knee (the middle of the leg), elbow (the middle of the arm), heel (the back of the foot), sole (the bottom of the foot), shin (the front of the leg below the knee), calf (the back of the leg below the knee).
शरीर के भागों के शब्द साथ याद रखिए (प्रायः भ्रमित): ankle (पैर और टाँग के बीच, टख़ना), wrist (हाथ और बाँह के बीच, कलाई), knee (टाँग का मध्य, घुटना), elbow (बाँह का मध्य, कोहनी), heel (पैर का पिछला भाग, एड़ी), sole (पैर का तलवा), shin (घुटने के नीचे टाँग का अगला भाग, पिंडली की हड्डी), calf (घुटने के नीचे टाँग का पिछला भाग, पिंडली)।
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
Ankle-deep (up to the ankles: 'ankle-deep in water'), a sprained ankle.
Collocations: ankle-deep (टख़नों तक: 'ankle-deep in water'), a sprained ankle (मोच वाला टख़ना)।