How to Say "Call" in Hindi - How To Say Guide

फ़ोन करना

fon karnā/foːn kəɾ.nɑː/

To call someone on the phone in Hindi is फ़ोन करना (fon karnā).

फ़ोन करना means to phone someone, as in call me tomorrow.

Meaning: to contact by telephone (verb)

What does it mean word for word?

फ़ोन is the English word phone and करना means to do, so it is literally to do a phone.

To call someone over or summon them is बुलाना. To call out or shout is चिल्लाना. A call in the sense of an appeal is आह्वान.

Only करना changes for tense and person, while फ़ोन stays the same.

It is pronounced /foːn kəɾ.nɑː/, with a long o in the first word and a tapped r.

The verb करना (karnā) is a distant cousin to the English verb 'do', tracing back to the same Proto-Indo-European root *kʷer-.
The verb करना is used in a 'causative' chain to change who is performing the call. For example, कराना implies making someone else call, and करवाना implies arranging for a call to happen through a third party.
While फ़ोन करना is standard, some speakers use the phrase बात करना, which literally means 'to do talk', to indicate they are having a phone conversation.

मुझे वापस फ़ोन करना मत भूलना।
Don't fail to call me back.
फ़ोन करना मत भूलना means do not forget to call.
Tatoeba #465588 by minshirui, translation #318232 by CK

Priya is asking Vikas to contact her about a meeting.

विकास Vikas

प्रिया, मैं अभी बहुत व्यस्त हूँ।
Priya, main abhi bahut vyast hoon.
Priya, I am very busy right now.
प्रिया Priya

कोई बात नहीं, आप शाम को फ़ोन करना।
Koi baat nahi, aap shaam ko phone karna.
No problem, call me in the evening.
विकास Vikas

ठीक है, मैं छह बजे फ़ोन करूँगा।
Theek hai, main chhah baje phone karoonga.
Okay, I will call at six o'clock.
प्रिया Priya

ठीक है, मैं आपका इंतज़ार करूँगी।
Theek hai, main aapka intezaar karoongi.
Okay, I will wait for you.

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