प्रछ्
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
- प्रश् (praś)
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- প্ৰছ্ (Assamese script)
- ᬧ᭄ᬭᬙ᭄ (Balinese script)
- প্রছ্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰢𑰿𑰨𑰔𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀧𑁆𑀭𑀙𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- ပြဆ် (Burmese script)
- પ્રછ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਪ੍ਰਛ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌛𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦥꦿꦖ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂣𑂹𑂩𑂓𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಪ್ರಛ್ (Kannada script)
- ប្រឆ៑ (Khmer script)
- ປ຺ຣຉ຺ (Lao script)
- പ്രഛ് (Malayalam script)
- ᢒᡵᠠᡮ (Manchu script)
- 𑘢𑘿𑘨𑘔𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᢒᠷᠠᠼ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧂𑧠𑧈𑦴𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐥𑑂𑐬𑐕𑑂 (Newa script)
- ପ୍ରଛ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢦ꣄ꢬꢘ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆥𑇀𑆫𑆗𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖢𑖿𑖨𑖔𑖿 (Siddham script)
- ප්රඡ් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩰 𑪙𑩼𑩢 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚞𑚶𑚤𑚐𑚶 (Takri script)
- ப்ரச்² (Tamil script)
- ప్రఛ్ (Telugu script)
- ปฺรฉฺ (Thai script)
- པྲ་ཚ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒣𑓂𑒩𑒕𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨞𑩇𑨫𑨤𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *preḱ- (“to ask”).[1][2] Cognate with Russian (во)прос ((vo)pros, “question”), Latin prex whence, via French, English pray.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /pɾɐt͡ɕʰ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /pɾɐt͡ɕʰ/
Root
प्रछ् • (prach)
- to ask, question, interrogate
- to ask after, inquire
Derived terms
Primary verbal forms
- पृ॒च्छति॑ (pṛccháti, present)
- प्रक्ष्यति (prakṣyati, future)
- प्रष्टा (praṣṭā, periphrastic future)
- अप्रा॑क्षीत् (áprākṣīt, aorist)
- पप्रच्छ (papraccha, perfect)
Secondary forms
- पृ॒च्छ्यते॑ (pṛcchyáte, passive)
- प्रच्छयति (pracchayati, causative)
- अपप्रच्छत् (apapracchat, causative aorist)
- पिपृच्छिषति (pipṛcchiṣati, desiderative)
- परीपृच्छ्यते (parīpṛcchyate, intensive)
Non-finite forms
- पृ॒ष्ट (pṛṣṭá, past participle)
- प्रष्टु॑म् (práṣṭum, infinitive)
- पृष्ट्वा (pṛṣṭvā, gerund)
- प्रष्टव्य (praṣṭavya, gerundive)
- पृच्छ्य (pṛcchya, gerundive)
- पिपृच्छिषु (pipṛcchiṣu, desiderative participle)
Derived nominal forms
Prefixed root forms
- अतिप्रछ् (atiprach)
- अनुप्रछ् (anuprach)
- अभिप्रछ् (abhiprach)
- आप्रछ् (āprach)
- उपप्रछ् (upaprach)
- परिप्रछ् (pariprach)
- प्रतिप्रछ् (pratiprach)
- विप्रछ् (viprach)
- सम्प्रछ् (samprach)
Sanskrit terms belonging to the root प्रछ् (0 c, 5 e)
Terms derived from the Sanskrit root प्रछ् (10 c, 0 e)
References
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), “PRACCH”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 175
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), “PRAŚ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][2] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 183
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899), “प्रछ्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 658, column 1.
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “प्रछ्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
- William Dwight Whitney (1885), The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 102
- Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “प्रछ्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
- Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006), The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 356
- Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 490
- Pokorny, Julius (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume III, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 821