प्रथ्

From Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂- (“flat”). Cognates include Ancient Greek πλᾰτῠ́ς (platús, “flat, broad”) whence ultimately place, plaza, plate, platter, plateau; Lithuanian plėsti (“to expand”); Proto-Slavic *pleťè (“shoulder”); English flat, fold, field.

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɾɐtʰ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /pɾɐt̪ʰ/

प्रथ् • (prath)

1. to spread, extend, become larger or wider
2. to spread abroad, become known

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