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Description
Type: Verb Phrase
Origin: Native Urdu usage, traditional domestic term.
Usage: Commonly used in cooking when flour is sifted before kneading dough to remove lumps, bran, or impurities. In Urdu households, this is a daily routine for making roti or bread.
Cultural Insight: In poetry and metaphorical speech, چھاننا (sifting) is also used symbolically for separating truth from falsehood or refining something. Example: “بات کو چھاننا” (to filter the matter).
Expanded Features:
Polarity: Neutral
Register: Domestic, culinary, metaphorical
Pragmatic Sense: Cooking, purification, selection.
Synonyms (Urdu): میدہ چھاننا، غربالنا
Synonyms (English): sift flour, strain flour, filter flour
Antonyms (Urdu): آٹا گوندھنا (as contrast)
Antonyms (English): knead flour, mix directly
Example Sentences:
Urdu: آٹا چھاننا صحت کے لیے اچھا ہے۔
English: Sifting flour is good for health.
Urdu: ماں نے آٹا چھاننا شروع کر دیا۔
English: Mother started sifting the flour.
Urdu: صاف روٹی کے لیے آٹا چھاننا ضروری ہے۔
English: For clean bread, sifting flour is necessary.
Related Terms: چھلنی، میدہ، گوندھنا