प्रास

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Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit प्रास (prāsa).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /pɾɑːs/,

Noun

प्रास (prāsm (rare, formal)

  1. casting, throwing, launching
  2. a barbed missile, dart

Declension

Further reading

Sanskrit

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Etymology

From the verb प्रास्यति (prāsyati, to throw, hurl, shoot); see there for more.

Pronunciation

Noun

प्रास (prāsa) stemm

  1. casting, throwing
  2. a barbed missile, dart
  3. scattering, sprinkling
  4. dice

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of प्रास
singular dual plural
nominative प्रासः (prāsaḥ) प्रासौ (prāsau)
प्रासा¹ (prāsā¹)
प्रासाः (prāsāḥ)
प्रासासः¹ (prāsāsaḥ¹)
vocative प्रास (prāsa) प्रासौ (prāsau)
प्रासा¹ (prāsā¹)
प्रासाः (prāsāḥ)
प्रासासः¹ (prāsāsaḥ¹)
accusative प्रासम् (prāsam) प्रासौ (prāsau)
प्रासा¹ (prāsā¹)
प्रासान् (prāsān)
instrumental प्रासेन (prāsena) प्रासाभ्याम् (prāsābhyām) प्रासैः (prāsaiḥ)
प्रासेभिः¹ (prāsebhiḥ¹)
dative प्रासाय (prāsāya) प्रासाभ्याम् (prāsābhyām) प्रासेभ्यः (prāsebhyaḥ)
ablative प्रासात् (prāsāt) प्रासाभ्याम् (prāsābhyām) प्रासेभ्यः (prāsebhyaḥ)
genitive प्रासस्य (prāsasya) प्रासयोः (prāsayoḥ) प्रासानाम् (prāsānām)
locative प्रासे (prāse) प्रासयोः (prāsayoḥ) प्रासेषु (prāseṣu)
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Descendants

  • Prakrit: 𑀧𑀸𑀲 (pāsa)
  • Pali: pāsa
  • Hindi: प्रास (prās) (learned)

Further reading