प्रत्यय

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Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit प्रत्यय (pratyaya).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /pɾət̪.jəj/,

Noun

प्रत्यय (pratyaym

  1. credentials, proof
  2. (grammar) suffix
    Antonym: उपसर्ग (upsarg)

Declension

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

प्रति- (prati-, towards) +‎ अय (aya, going), the latter component from (i, to go).

Pronunciation

Noun

प्रत्यय (pratyaya) stemm

  1. belief, firm conviction, trust, faith, assurance or certainty of
  2. proof, ascertainment
  3. conception, assumption, notion, idea
  4. (Buddhism, Jainism) fundamental notion or idea
  5. consciousness, understanding, intelligence, intellect
  6. analysis, solution, explanation, definition
  7. ground, basis, motive or cause of anything
  8. (Buddhism) a co-operating cause
  9. the concurrent occasion of an event as distinguished from its approximate cause
  10. an ordeal
  11. want, need
  12. fame, notoriety
  13. a subsequent sound or letter
  14. an affix or suffix to roots (forming verbs, substantives, adjectives and all derivatives)
  15. an oath
  16. usage, custom
  17. religious meditation
  18. a dependent or subject
  19. a householder who keeps a sacred fire

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of प्रत्यय (pratyaya)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative प्रत्ययः
pratyayaḥ
प्रत्ययौ / प्रत्यया¹
pratyayau / pratyayā¹
प्रत्ययाः / प्रत्ययासः¹
pratyayāḥ / pratyayāsaḥ¹
Vocative प्रत्यय
pratyaya
प्रत्ययौ / प्रत्यया¹
pratyayau / pratyayā¹
प्रत्ययाः / प्रत्ययासः¹
pratyayāḥ / pratyayāsaḥ¹
Accusative प्रत्ययम्
pratyayam
प्रत्ययौ / प्रत्यया¹
pratyayau / pratyayā¹
प्रत्ययान्
pratyayān
Instrumental प्रत्ययेन
pratyayena
प्रत्ययाभ्याम्
pratyayābhyām
प्रत्ययैः / प्रत्ययेभिः¹
pratyayaiḥ / pratyayebhiḥ¹
Dative प्रत्ययाय
pratyayāya
प्रत्ययाभ्याम्
pratyayābhyām
प्रत्ययेभ्यः
pratyayebhyaḥ
Ablative प्रत्ययात्
pratyayāt
प्रत्ययाभ्याम्
pratyayābhyām
प्रत्ययेभ्यः
pratyayebhyaḥ
Genitive प्रत्ययस्य
pratyayasya
प्रत्यययोः
pratyayayoḥ
प्रत्ययानाम्
pratyayānām
Locative प्रत्यये
pratyaye
प्रत्यययोः
pratyayayoḥ
प्रत्ययेषु
pratyayeṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

References

Further reading

  • Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “pratyaya”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.