प्राण

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See also: पुराण, प्राणु, पर्ण, and पूर्ण

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit प्राण (prāṇa).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /pɾɑːɳ/,

Noun

प्राण • (prāṇ) m (Urdu spelling پران)

  1. vitality, life, spirit, animation
    Synonyms: जान (jān), दम (dam)
    उसके शरीर में कोई प्राण नहीं रहा।
    uske śarīr mẽ koī prāṇ nahī̃ rahā.
    There was no life left in his body.
  2. (chiefly in compounds) breath

Declension

Declension of प्राण (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct प्राण
prāṇ 		प्राण
prāṇ
oblique प्राण
prāṇ 		प्राणों
prāṇõ
vocative प्राण
prāṇ 		प्राणो
prāṇo

References

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

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Etymology

प्र- (pra-) +‎ अन् (an).

Pronunciation

Noun

प्राण • (prāṇá) stem, m

  1. breath, respiration, the breath of life, vitality, life, vital air (usually plural in this sense)
  2. the first of the five life-winds or vital airs, which has its seat in the lungs (the other four being अपान (apāna), समान (samāna), व्यान (vyāna) and उदान (udāna))
  3. wind, inhaled air
  4. energy, vigor, strength, power (as in प्राणसार (prāṇasāra))
  5. the spirit or soul (as opposed to शरीर (śarīra))
  6. the Supreme Spirit (see आत्मन् (ātman))

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of प्राण (prāṇá)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative प्राणः
prāṇáḥ 		प्राणौ / प्राणा¹
prāṇaú / prāṇā́¹ 		प्राणाः / प्राणासः¹
prāṇā́ḥ / prāṇā́saḥ¹
Vocative प्राण
prā́ṇa 		प्राणौ / प्राणा¹
prā́ṇau / prā́ṇā¹ 		प्राणाः / प्राणासः¹
prā́ṇāḥ / prā́ṇāsaḥ¹
Accusative प्राणम्
prāṇám 		प्राणौ / प्राणा¹
prāṇaú / prāṇā́¹ 		प्राणान्
prāṇā́n
Instrumental प्राणेन
prāṇéna 		प्राणाभ्याम्
prāṇā́bhyām 		प्राणैः / प्राणेभिः¹
prāṇaíḥ / prāṇébhiḥ¹
Dative प्राणाय
prāṇā́ya 		प्राणाभ्याम्
prāṇā́bhyām 		प्राणेभ्यः
prāṇébhyaḥ
Ablative प्राणात्
prāṇā́t 		प्राणाभ्याम्
prāṇā́bhyām 		प्राणेभ्यः
prāṇébhyaḥ
Genitive प्राणस्य
prāṇásya 		प्राणयोः
prāṇáyoḥ 		प्राणानाम्
prāṇā́nām
Locative प्राणे
prāṇé 		प्राणयोः
prāṇáyoḥ 		प्राणेषु
prāṇéṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “प्राण”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 701/3, 705/1-2.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 188
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