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Hindi
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Classical Sanskrit प्रभाकीट (prabhākīṭa). Equivalent to प्रभा (prabhā) + कीट (kīṭ).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /pɾə.bʱɑː.kiːʈ/,
Noun
प्रभाकीट • (prabhākīṭ) m[1][2][3][4][5][6]
- (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)
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प्रभाकीट
prabhākīṭ
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प्रभाकीट
prabhākīṭ
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प्रभाकीट
prabhākīṭ
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प्रभाकीटों
prabhākīṭõ
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प्रभाकीट
prabhākīṭ
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प्रभाकीटो
prabhākīṭo
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References
- ^ Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “प्रभाकीट”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi : Nagari Pracarini Sabha
- ^ Platts, John T. (1884) “prabhā-kīṭ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- ^ “प्रभाकीट”, in Hindi Dictionary: For the Use of Schools (in Hindi), India: Calcutta School-book and Vernacular Literature Society, 1863, page 203.
- ^ Miśra, Chailabihārī, “प्रभाकीट”, in Abhinava Hindī-An̐grezī-Hindī kośa , Āloka Bhāratī, 1991, page 145.
- ^ Vimlesh Kumar Shastri, “प्रभाकीट”, in Hindi Samantar Kosh , India: Diamond Pocket Books (P) Limited, page 147.
- ^ YCT Expert Team, “प्रभाकीट”, in अध्ययन सामग्री (in Hindi): YOUTH COMPETITION TIMES, page 17.
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Etymology
Compound of प्रभा (prabhā́, “light”) + कीट (kīṭá, “insect”), literally “light-insect”.
Pronunciation
Noun
प्रभाकीट • (prabhākīṭa) stem, m [1][2][3][4][5]
- (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
References
- ^ Monier Williams (1899) “प्रभाकीट”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 684, column 1.
- ^ Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “प्रभा-कीट”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 1098
- ^ Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2025) “prabhākīṭa”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Purandare, Nārāyaṇaśarmā Viṭṭhala; Naraharipaṇḍita, “प्रभाकीट”, in Dhanvantarīyanighaṇṭu , India: Ānandāśramaviśvastaiḥ, 1986, page 86.