प्रेमन्

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *prayHma, from Proto-Indo-European *preyH-mn̥. By surface analysis, प्री (prī, “to please, gladden; like, love; enjoy”, root) +‎ -मन् (-man).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɾɐj.mɐ́n/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈpɾeː.mɐn̪/

प्रेमन् • (premán) stem, m or n

1. (with locative case) love, affection, fondness

   Synonyms: अभिमतता (abhimatatā), स्नेह (sneha), काम (kāma), अनुराग (anurāga), अनुरक्ति (anurakti), अनुरञ्जन (anurañjana), प्रीति (prīti), रथ (ratha), रति (rati), अनुरति (anurati), भग (bhaga), अपह्नव (apahnava), हार्द (hārda), चित्तज (cittaja), भाव (bhāva), जुष्टि (juṣṭi), कैशिक (kaiśika), बन्धित्र (bandhitra), कामिता (kāmitā), कामित्व (kāmitva), राग (rāga), प्रिय (priya), प्रियता (priyatā), रमकत्व (ramakatva), सरागता (sarāgatā), सरागत्व (sarāgatva), रङ्ग (raṅga), शरीरज (śarīraja), स्वान्तज (svāntaja), उज्ज्वल (ujjvala), सुभगता (subhagatā), वल्लभता (vallabhatā), वल्लभत्व (vallabhatva), वाल्लभ्य (vāllabhya), वेना (venā)

   पिता पुत्रे प्रेम करोति।

   pitā putre prema karoti.

   The father loves his son.

• Gandhari: 𐨤𐨿𐨪𐨅𐨨 (prema)
• Pali: pema
• Prakrit: 𑀧𑀺𑀫𑁆𑀫 (pimma), 𑀧𑁂𑀫 (pema), 𑀧𑁂𑀫𑁆𑀫 (pĕmma)
  • Sinhalese: පෙම (pema)
• → Assamese: প্ৰেম (prem)
• → Bengali: প্রেম (prem)
• → Gujarati: પ્રેમ (prem)
• → Old Hindi: प्रेम (prema)
  • Hindustani: prem

    Hindi: प्रेम

    Urdu: پَریم (parem)

• → Kannada: ಪ್ರೇಮ (prēma)
• → Malayalam: പ്രേമം (prēmaṁ)
• → Old Marathi:

  Devanagari script: प्रेम

  Modi script: 𑘢𑘿𑘨𑘹𑘦

  • Marathi: प्रेम (prem)
• → Nepali: प्रेम (prem)
• → Odia: ପ୍ରେମ (prema)
• → Old Punjabi: ਪ੍ਰੇਮੁ (premu)
  • Punjabi:

    Gurmukhi script: ਪ੍ਰੇਮ (prem), ਪਰੇਮ (parem)

    Shahmukhi script: پریم (prem)

• → Sindhi:

  Arabic script: پِريمُ

  Devanagari script: प्रेमु

• → Tamil: பிரேமை (pirēmai)
• → Telugu: ప్రేమ (prēma)

• Monier Williams (1899) “प्रेमन्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 711/2.
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “preman”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “प्रेमन्”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 1139
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “प्रेमन्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 188
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 192
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “preman”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 504