प्रतिज्ञा

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Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit प्रतिज्ञा (pratijñā). Doublet of पैज (paij).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /pɾə.t̪ɪɡ.jɑː/,

Noun

प्रतिज्ञा • (pratijñā) f (Urdu spelling پرتِگّیا) (rare, formal)

  1. a vow, promise, pledge
  2. assertion, declaration, assurance, acknowledgement

Declension

Declension of प्रतिज्ञा (fem ā-stem)
singular plural
direct प्रतिज्ञा
pratijñā 		प्रतिज्ञाएँ
pratijñāẽ
oblique प्रतिज्ञा
pratijñā 		प्रतिज्ञाओं
pratijñāõ
vocative प्रतिज्ञा
pratijñā 		प्रतिज्ञाओ
pratijñāo

References

Marathi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit प्रतिज्ञा (pratijñā). Doublet of पैज (paij).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɾə.t̪id͡ʑ.na/

Noun

प्रतिज्ञा • (pratijñā) f

  1. promise, agreement, engagement
  2. bet or wager
  3. (law) solemn affirmation
  4. (logic) a proposition, the assertion or proposition to be proved

References

  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “प्रतिज्ञा”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
  • दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण (1932-1950) “प्रतिज्ञा”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे : महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).

Sanskrit

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From प्रति- (prati-) +‎ ज्ञा (jñā, root).

Root

प्रतिज्ञा • (pratijñā)

  1. to admit, own, acknowledge, acquiesce in, consent to, approve
  2. to promise
  3. to confirm, assert, answer
  4. to maintain, assert, allege, state
  5. to bring forward or introduce
  6. to perceive, notice, learn, become aware of
  7. to remember sorrowfully
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Derived from the root प्रतिज्ञा (pratijñā) (see above) +‎ -आ (-ā).

Noun

प्रतिज्ञा • (pratijñā) stem, f

  1. vow, promise
  2. agreement, assent, admission, acknowledgement
  3. declaration, proposition, statement, assertion, allegation
  4. (law) plaint, complaint, indictment, prosecution
  5. (logic) a proposition, the assertion or proposition to be proved
Declension
Feminine ā-stem declension of प्रतिज्ञा (pratijñā)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative प्रतिज्ञा
pratijñā 		प्रतिज्ञे
pratijñe 		प्रतिज्ञाः
pratijñāḥ
Vocative प्रतिज्ञे
pratijñe 		प्रतिज्ञे
pratijñe 		प्रतिज्ञाः
pratijñāḥ
Accusative प्रतिज्ञाम्
pratijñām 		प्रतिज्ञे
pratijñe 		प्रतिज्ञाः
pratijñāḥ
Instrumental प्रतिज्ञया / प्रतिज्ञा¹
pratijñayā / pratijñā¹ 		प्रतिज्ञाभ्याम्
pratijñābhyām 		प्रतिज्ञाभिः
pratijñābhiḥ
Dative प्रतिज्ञायै
pratijñāyai 		प्रतिज्ञाभ्याम्
pratijñābhyām 		प्रतिज्ञाभ्यः
pratijñābhyaḥ
Ablative प्रतिज्ञायाः / प्रतिज्ञायै²
pratijñāyāḥ / pratijñāyai² 		प्रतिज्ञाभ्याम्
pratijñābhyām 		प्रतिज्ञाभ्यः
pratijñābhyaḥ
Genitive प्रतिज्ञायाः / प्रतिज्ञायै²
pratijñāyāḥ / pratijñāyai² 		प्रतिज्ञयोः
pratijñayoḥ 		प्रतिज्ञानाम्
pratijñānām
Locative प्रतिज्ञायाम्
pratijñāyām 		प्रतिज्ञयोः
pratijñayoḥ 		प्रतिज्ञासु
pratijñāsu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic
  • ²Brāhmaṇas
Descendants

References

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