प्रेम

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Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit प्रेमन् (preman). First attested as Old Hindi प्रेम (prema).

Pronunciation

Noun

प्रेम (premm (Urdu spelling پَریم)

  1. love
    Synonyms: प्यार (pyār), इश्क़ (iśq), आशिक़ी (āśiqī), मुहब्बत (muhabbat), प्रीति (prīti)
    उनके प्रेम की चर्चा घर-घर में हो रही है
    unke prem kī carcā ghar-ghar mẽ ho rahī hai.
    Their love is being talked about in every house.
  2. affection, care

Declension

Proper noun

प्रेम (premm (Urdu spelling پَریم)

  1. a male given name, Prem, from Sanskrit

Declension

References

Konkani

Noun

प्रेम (prem) (Latin script prem, Kannada script ಪ್ರೇಮ)

  1. love, passion
  2. affection
  3. attachment, fondness
  4. inclination

Marathi

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Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit प्रेमन् (preman).

Pronunciation

Noun

प्रेम (premn

  1. love
    प्रेम आंधळं असतं!
    prem āndhḷa astam!
    Love is blind!
  2. affection

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
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 (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as (a).
Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

References

  • Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “प्रेम”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
  • 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)

  1. love, affection
    Synonym: माया (māyā)

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)

  1. love, devotion

Descendants

  • Hindustani: prem
    Hindi: प्रेम
    Urdu: پَریم (parem)

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