प्रेम
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Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit प्रेमन् (preman). First attested as Old Hindi प्रेम (prema).
Pronunciation
Noun
प्रेम • (prem) m (Urdu spelling پَریم)
Declension
Declension of प्रेम (masc cons-stem)
Proper noun
प्रेम • (prem) m (Urdu spelling پَریم)
- a male given name, Prem, from Sanskrit
Declension
Declension of प्रेम (masc cons-stem)
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “प्रेम”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Platts, John T. (1884) “प्रेम”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
Konkani
Noun
प्रेम • (prem) (Latin script prem, Kannada script ಪ್ರೇಮ)
Marathi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit प्रेमन् (preman).
Pronunciation
Noun
प्रेम • (prem) n
Declension
| Declension of प्रेम (neut cons-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| direct singular |
प्रेम prem | ||
| direct plural |
प्रेमे, प्रेमं preme, prema | ||
| singular एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन | ||
| nominative प्रथमा |
प्रेम prem |
प्रेमे, प्रेमं preme, prema | |
| oblique सामान्यरूप |
प्रेमा premā |
प्रेमां- premān- | |
| acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी |
प्रेमाला premālā |
प्रेमांना premānnā | |
| ergative | प्रेमाने, प्रेमानं premāne, premāna |
प्रेमांनी premānnī | |
| instrumental | प्रेमाशी premāśī |
प्रेमांशी premānśī | |
| locative सप्तमी |
प्रेमात premāt |
प्रेमांत premāt | |
| vocative संबोधन |
प्रेमा premā |
प्रेमांनो premānno | |
| Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition. | |||
| Genitive declension of प्रेम (neut cons-stem) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म |
feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म |
neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म |
oblique सामान्यरूप | |||||
| singular एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन |
singular एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन |
singular* एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन |
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| singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता |
प्रेमाचा premāċā |
प्रेमाचे premāċe |
प्रेमाची premācī |
प्रेमाच्या premācā |
प्रेमाचे, प्रेमाचं premāċe, premāċa |
प्रेमाची premācī |
प्रेमाच्या premācā | |
| plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता |
प्रेमांचा premānċā |
प्रेमांचे premānċe |
प्रेमांची premāñcī |
प्रेमांच्या premāncā |
प्रेमांचे, प्रेमांचं premānċe, premānċa |
प्रेमांची premāñcī |
प्रेमांच्या premāñcā | |
| * Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition. | ||||||||
References
- Berntsen, Maxine, “प्रेम”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “प्रेम”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
- Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911) “प्रेम”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press
Nepali
Pronunciation
Noun
प्रेम • (prem)
References
- “प्रेम”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
- Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993) “प्रेम”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar
Old Hindi
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit प्रेमन् (preman). Compare Old Punjabi ਪ੍ਰੇਮੁ (premu), Old Marathi 𑘢𑘿𑘨𑘹𑘦 (prema).
Noun
प्रेम (prema)
Descendants
Further reading
- Jaroslav Strnad (2013) Morphology and Syntax of Old Hindī : Edition and Analysis of One Hundred Kabīr Vānī Poems From Rājasthān (Brill's Indological Library; 45), Leiden, →OCLC, page 548