पर्ण

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

Declension of पर्ण (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct पर्ण
parṇ
पर्ण
parṇ
oblique पर्ण
parṇ
पर्णों
parṇõ
vocative पर्ण
parṇ
पर्णो
parṇo

References

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

    Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *parnám, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *parnám (leaf, feather, wing), from Proto-Indo-European *pornóm, from *p(t)erH- (fern) + *-nós. Cognate with Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬥𐬀 (parəna), Lithuanian spar̃nas (wing), English fern.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    प॒र्ण • (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 प॒र्ण
    singular dual plural
    nominative प॒र्णम् (parṇám) प॒र्णे (parṇé) प॒र्णानि॑ (parṇā́ni)
    प॒र्णा¹ (parṇā́¹)
    accusative प॒र्णम् (parṇám) प॒र्णे (parṇé) प॒र्णानि॑ (parṇā́ni)
    प॒र्णा¹ (parṇā́¹)
    instrumental प॒र्णेन॑ (parṇéna) प॒र्णाभ्या॑म् (parṇā́bhyām) प॒र्णैः (parṇáiḥ)
    प॒र्णेभिः॑¹ (parṇébhiḥ¹)
    dative प॒र्णाय॑ (parṇā́ya) प॒र्णाभ्या॑म् (parṇā́bhyām) प॒र्णेभ्यः॑ (parṇébhyaḥ)
    ablative प॒र्णात् (parṇā́t) प॒र्णाभ्या॑म् (parṇā́bhyām) प॒र्णेभ्यः॑ (parṇébhyaḥ)
    genitive प॒र्णस्य॑ (parṇásya) प॒र्णयोः॑ (parṇáyoḥ) प॒र्णाना॑म् (parṇā́nām)
    locative प॒र्णे (parṇé) प॒र्णयोः॑ (parṇáyoḥ) प॒र्णेषु॑ (parṇéṣu)
    vocative पर्ण॑ (párṇa) पर्णे॑ (párṇe) पर्णा॑नि (párṇāni)
    पर्णा॑¹ (párṇā¹)
    • ¹Vedic

    Derived terms

    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]‎[1] (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