प्र-

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Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit प्र- (pra-).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /pɾə/,

Prefix

प्र- • (pra-)

  1. (productive) forward, onward; leading to
    ‎प्र- (pra-) + ‎देश (deś, “country”) → ‎प्रदेश (pradeś, “province, region”)
  2. (productive) act of
    ‎प्र- (pra-) + ‎दान (dān, “gift”) → ‎प्रदान (pradān, “gifting”)
  3. (unproductive) very, much
    ‎प्र- (pra-) + ‎बल (bal, “strength”) → ‎प्रबल (prabal, “strong”)

Derived terms

Hindi terms prefixed with प्र-

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *pra-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pra-, from Proto-Indo-European *pro-.

Pronunciation

Prefix

प्र- • (pra-)

  1. towards, forwards, pro-

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms prefixed with प्र-

Descendants

  • → Bengali: প্র- (pro-) (learned)
  • → Hindi: प्र- (pra-) (learned)
  • → Old Javanese: pra-
    • → Indonesian: pra- (learned)

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “प्र-”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 652/2.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 173-4
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