पर्ण

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Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit पर्ण (parṇa). Doublet of पन्ना (pannā, page) and पान (pān, betel leaf).

Pronunciation

Noun

पर्ण (parṇm (Urdu spelling پرݨ)

  1. feather (of a bird)
    Synonym: पर (par)
  2. leaf (of a tree)
    Synonyms: पत्ता (pattā), पत्र (patra)

Declension

References

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *parnám (leaf, feather, wing), from Proto-Indo-European *pornóm (feather, wing). Cognate with Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬥𐬀 (parəna), Lithuanian spar̃nas (wing), English fern.

Pronunciation

Noun

पर्ण (parṇá) stemn

  1. pinion, feather (also of an arrow), wing
  2. leaf (regarded as the plumage of a tree)

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of पर्ण (parṇá)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative पर्णम्
parṇám
पर्णे
parṇé
पर्णानि / पर्णा¹
parṇā́ni / parṇā́¹
Vocative पर्ण
párṇa
पर्णे
párṇe
पर्णानि / पर्णा¹
párṇāni / párṇā¹
Accusative पर्णम्
parṇám
पर्णे
parṇé
पर्णानि / पर्णा¹
parṇā́ni / parṇā́¹
Instrumental पर्णेन
parṇéna
पर्णाभ्याम्
parṇā́bhyām
पर्णैः / पर्णेभिः¹
parṇaíḥ / parṇébhiḥ¹
Dative पर्णाय
parṇā́ya
पर्णाभ्याम्
parṇā́bhyām
पर्णेभ्यः
parṇébhyaḥ
Ablative पर्णात्
parṇā́t
पर्णाभ्याम्
parṇā́bhyām
पर्णेभ्यः
parṇébhyaḥ
Genitive पर्णस्य
parṇásya
पर्णयोः
parṇáyoḥ
पर्णानाम्
parṇā́nām
Locative पर्णे
parṇé
पर्णयोः
parṇáyoḥ
पर्णेषु
parṇéṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

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Descendants

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “पर्ण”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 606/2.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 97
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “parṇá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press