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Hindi
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit प्रायः (prāyaḥ, “mostly, commonly”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pélh₁us, see also Latin plūs, Ancient Greek πολύς (polús).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /pɾɑː.jə(ɦ)/,
Adverb
प्रायः • (prāyaḥ)
- usually, normally
- nearly
1962, Dr. Kailash Chandra Bhatia, ब्रजभाषा और खड़ीबोली का तुलनात्मक अध्ययन, page 6:ये उदाहरण इस बात के प्रमाण हैं कि 'ऋ' का विकास ईसा पूर्व ही समाप्त प्रायः था फिर भी पण्डित वर्ग के दुराग्रह से आज तक नागरी लिपि में चला आ रहा है […]- ye udāhraṇ is bāt ke pramāṇ ha͠i ki 'ŕ' kā vikās īsā pūrv hī samāpt prāyaḥ thā phir bhī paṇḍit varg ke durāgrah se āj tak nāgrī lipi mẽ calā ā rahā hai […]
- These examples serve as evidence that the development of 'ऋ' (ṛ) had nearly concluded by the time of the pre-Christian era. However, due to the persistent enthusiasm of the scholarly community, it continues to exist in the Nagari script to this day.
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