प्रभाकीट

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Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Classical Sanskrit प्रभाकीट (prabhākīṭa). Equivalent to प्रभा (prabhā) +‎ कीट (kīṭ).

Pronunciation

Noun

प्रभाकीट • (prabhākīṭ) m[1][2][3][4][5][6]

  1. (literary, rare) firefly
    Synonyms: पटबीजना (paṭbījnā), किर्मक-ए-शब-ताब (kirmak-e-śab-tāb), खद्योत (khadyot), ज्योतिरिंगण (jyotiriṅgaṇ), जुगनू (jugnū)

Declension

Declension of प्रभाकीट (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct प्रभाकीट
prabhākīṭ 		प्रभाकीट
prabhākīṭ
oblique प्रभाकीट
prabhākīṭ 		प्रभाकीटों
prabhākīṭõ
vocative प्रभाकीट
prabhākīṭ 		प्रभाकीटो
prabhākīṭo

References

  1. ^ Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “प्रभाकीट”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi : Nagari Pracarini Sabha
  2. ^ Platts, John T. (1884) “prabhā-kīṭ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  3. ^ “प्रभाकीट”, in Hindi Dictionary: For the Use of Schools (in Hindi), India: Calcutta School-book and Vernacular Literature Society, 1863, page 203.
  4. ^ Miśra, Chailabihārī, “प्रभाकीट”, in Abhinava Hindī-An̐grezī-Hindī kośa , Āloka Bhāratī, 1991, page 145.
  5. ^ Vimlesh Kumar Shastri, “प्रभाकीट”, in Hindi Samantar Kosh , India: Diamond Pocket Books (P) Limited, page 147.
  6. ^ YCT Expert Team, “प्रभाकीट”, in अध्ययन सामग्री (in Hindi): YOUTH COMPETITION TIMES, page 17.

Sanskrit

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Etymology

Compound of प्रभा (prabhā́, “light”) +‎ कीट (kīṭá, “insect”), literally “light-insect”.

Pronunciation

Noun

प्रभाकीट • (prabhākīṭa) stem, m [1][2][3][4][5]

  1. (Classical Sanskrit) a firefly
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:खद्योत
    • c. 1400 – 1600, Rājanighaṇṭu 168:
      प्रभाकीटस्तु खद्योतः खज्योतिरुपसूर्यकः
      prabhākīṭastu khadyotaḥ khajyotirupasūryakaḥ
      And a firefly is khadyota, khajyotis, upasūryaka.

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of प्रभाकीट (prabhākīṭa)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative प्रभाकीटः
prabhākīṭaḥ 		प्रभाकीटौ
prabhākīṭau 		प्रभाकीटाः
prabhākīṭāḥ
Vocative प्रभाकीट
prabhākīṭa 		प्रभाकीटौ
prabhākīṭau 		प्रभाकीटाः
prabhākīṭāḥ
Accusative प्रभाकीटम्
prabhākīṭam 		प्रभाकीटौ
prabhākīṭau 		प्रभाकीटान्
prabhākīṭān
Instrumental प्रभाकीटेन
prabhākīṭena 		प्रभाकीटाभ्याम्
prabhākīṭābhyām 		प्रभाकीटैः
prabhākīṭaiḥ
Dative प्रभाकीटाय
prabhākīṭāya 		प्रभाकीटाभ्याम्
prabhākīṭābhyām 		प्रभाकीटेभ्यः
prabhākīṭebhyaḥ
Ablative प्रभाकीटात्
prabhākīṭāt 		प्रभाकीटाभ्याम्
prabhākīṭābhyām 		प्रभाकीटेभ्यः
prabhākīṭebhyaḥ
Genitive प्रभाकीटस्य
prabhākīṭasya 		प्रभाकीटयोः
prabhākīṭayoḥ 		प्रभाकीटानाम्
prabhākīṭānām
Locative प्रभाकीटे
prabhākīṭe 		प्रभाकीटयोः
prabhākīṭayoḥ 		प्रभाकीटेषु
prabhākīṭeṣu

References

  1. ^ Monier Williams (1899) “प्रभाकीट”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 684, column 1.
  2. ^ Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “प्रभा-कीट”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 1098
  3. ^ Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “prabhākīṭa”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
  4. ^ Borooah, Anundoram, “प्रभाकीट” in A Practical English-Sanskrit Dictionary: Falsification to Oyster. With a supplementary treatise on higher Sanskrit grammar, India: Saraswati Press, 1879, page 609.
  5. ^ Purandare, Nārāyaṇaśarmā Viṭṭhala; Naraharipaṇḍita, “प्रभाकीट”, in Dhanvantarīyanighaṇṭu , India: Ānandāśramaviśvastaiḥ, 1986, page 86.
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