प्रास

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit प्रास (prāsa).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /pɾɑːs/, [pɾäːs]

Noun

प्रास • (prās) m (rare, formal)

casting, throwing, launching
a barbed missile, dart

Declension

Declension of प्रास (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	प्रास prās	प्रास prās
oblique	प्रास prās	प्रासों prāsõ
vocative	प्रास prās	प्रासो prāso

Further reading

Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “प्रास”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

প্ৰাস (Assamese script)
ᬧ᭄ᬭᬵᬲ (Balinese script)
প্রাস (Bengali script)
𑰢𑰿𑰨𑰯𑰭 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀧𑁆𑀭𑀸𑀲 (Brahmi script)
ပြာသ (Burmese script)
પ્રાસ (Gujarati script)
ਪ੍ਰਾਸ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌸 (Grantha script)
ꦥꦿꦴꦱ (Javanese script)
𑂣𑂹𑂩𑂰𑂮 (Kaithi script)
ಪ್ರಾಸ (Kannada script)
ប្រាស (Khmer script)
ປ຺ຣາສ (Lao script)
പ്രാസ (Malayalam script)
ᢒᡵᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠰ᠌ᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘢𑘿𑘨𑘰𑘭 (Modi script)
ᢒᠷᠠᢗᠰᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑧂𑧠𑧈𑧑𑧍 (Nandinagari script)
𑐥𑑂𑐬𑐵𑐳 (Newa script)
ପ୍ରାସ (Odia script)
ꢦ꣄ꢬꢵꢱ (Saurashtra script)
𑆥𑇀𑆫𑆳𑆱 (Sharada script)
𑖢𑖿𑖨𑖯𑖭 (Siddham script)
ප්‍රාස (Sinhalese script)
𑩰 𑪙𑩼𑩛𑪁 (Soyombo script)
𑚞𑚶𑚤𑚭𑚨 (Takri script)
ப்ராஸ (Tamil script)
ప్రాస (Telugu script)
ปฺราส (Thai script)
པྲཱ་ས (Tibetan script)
𑒣𑓂𑒩𑒰𑒮 (Tirhuta script)
𑨞𑩇𑨫𑨊𑨰 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From the verb प्रास्यति (prāsyati, “to throw, hurl, shoot”); see there for more.

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɾɑː.sɐ/

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpɾɑː.s̪ɐ/

Noun

प्रास • (prāsa) stem, m

casting, throwing
a barbed missile, dart
- c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata
scattering, sprinkling
dice

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of प्रास (prāsa)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	प्रासः prāsaḥ	प्रासौ / प्रासा¹ prāsau / prāsā¹	प्रासाः / प्रासासः¹ prāsāḥ / prāsāsaḥ¹
Vocative	प्रास prāsa	प्रासौ / प्रासा¹ prāsau / prāsā¹	प्रासाः / प्रासासः¹ prāsāḥ / prāsāsaḥ¹
Accusative	प्रासम् prāsam	प्रासौ / प्रासा¹ prāsau / prāsā¹	प्रासान् prāsān
Instrumental	प्रासेन prāsena	प्रासाभ्याम् prāsābhyām	प्रासैः / प्रासेभिः¹ prāsaiḥ / prāsebhiḥ¹
Dative	प्रासाय prāsāya	प्रासाभ्याम् prāsābhyām	प्रासेभ्यः prāsebhyaḥ
Ablative	प्रासात् prāsāt	प्रासाभ्याम् prāsābhyām	प्रासेभ्यः prāsebhyaḥ
Genitive	प्रासस्य prāsasya	प्रासयोः prāsayoḥ	प्रासानाम् prāsānām
Locative	प्रासे prāse	प्रासयोः prāsayoḥ	प्रासेषु prāseṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

Prakrit: 𑀧𑀸𑀲 (pāsa)
Pali: pāsa
→ Hindi: प्रास (prās) (learned)

Further reading

Monier Williams (1899) “प्रास”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 709.
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “prāsa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

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