प्रहर

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Etymology

Compound of प्र- (pra-, “forwards”) +‎ हर (hara, “taking, receiving”).

Pronunciation

Noun

प्रहर • (prahara) stem, m

  1. a division of time (about 3 hours = 6 or 7 Nāḍikās; lit. ‘stroke’, scil. on a gong)
  2. the 8th part of a day, a watch

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of प्रहर
singular dual plural
nominative प्रहरः (praharaḥ) प्रहरौ (praharau)
प्रहरा¹ (praharā¹) 		प्रहराः (praharāḥ)
प्रहरासः¹ (praharāsaḥ¹)
accusative प्रहरम् (praharam) प्रहरौ (praharau)
प्रहरा¹ (praharā¹) 		प्रहरान् (praharān)
instrumental प्रहरेण (prahareṇa) प्रहराभ्याम् (praharābhyām) प्रहरैः (praharaiḥ)
प्रहरेभिः¹ (praharebhiḥ¹)
dative प्रहराय (praharāya) प्रहराभ्याम् (praharābhyām) प्रहरेभ्यः (praharebhyaḥ)
ablative प्रहरात् (praharāt) प्रहराभ्याम् (praharābhyām) प्रहरेभ्यः (praharebhyaḥ)
genitive प्रहरस्य (praharasya) प्रहरयोः (praharayoḥ) प्रहराणाम् (praharāṇām)
locative प्रहरे (prahare) प्रहरयोः (praharayoḥ) प्रहरेषु (prahareṣu)
vocative प्रहर (prahara) प्रहरौ (praharau)
प्रहरा¹ (praharā¹) 		प्रहराः (praharāḥ)
प्रहरासः¹ (praharāsaḥ¹)
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