प्रपा
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- প্ৰপা (Assamese script)
- ᬧ᭄ᬭᬧᬵ (Balinese script)
- প্রপা (Bengali script)
- 𑰢𑰿𑰨𑰢𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀧𑁆𑀭𑀧𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- ပြပါ (Burmese script)
- પ્રપા (Gujarati script)
- ਪ੍ਰਪਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌪𑌾 (Grantha script)
- ꦥꦿꦥꦴ (Javanese script)
- 𑂣𑂹𑂩𑂣𑂰 (Kaithi script)
- ಪ್ರಪಾ (Kannada script)
- ប្របា (Khmer script)
- ປ຺ຣປາ (Lao script)
- പ്രപാ (Malayalam script)
- ᢒᡵᠠᢒᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- 𑘢𑘿𑘨𑘢𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᢒᠷᠠᢒᠠᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧂𑧠𑧈𑧂𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐥𑑂𑐬𑐥𑐵 (Newa script)
- ପ୍ରପା (Odia script)
- ꢦ꣄ꢬꢦꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆥𑇀𑆫𑆥𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖢𑖿𑖨𑖢𑖯 (Siddham script)
- ප්රපා (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩰 𑪙𑩼𑩰𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚞𑚶𑚤𑚞𑚭 (Takri script)
- ப்ரபா (Tamil script)
- ప్రపా (Telugu script)
- ปฺรปา (Thai script)
- པྲ་པཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒣𑓂𑒩𑒣𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨞𑩇𑨫𑨞𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From प्र- (pra-, “forth”) + Proto-Indo-European *péh₃ (“drinking”), from *peh₃- (“to drink”). By surface analysis, प्र- (pra-) + पा (pā, “to drink”, root).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /pɾɐ.pɑ́ː/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /pɾɐ.pɑː/
Noun
प्र॒पा • (prapā́) stem, f
- a reservoir of drinking water; a roadside shed for supplying travellers with drinking water; a place for cattle to drink water; a fountain or cistern of drinking water
- c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda 3.30.6:
- समानी प्रपा सह वोऽन्नभागः समाने योक्त्रे सह वो युनज्मि ।
सम्यञ्चोऽग्निं सपर्यतारा नाभिमिवाभितः ॥- samānī prapā saha voʼnnabhāgaḥ samāne yoktre saha vo yunajmi.
samyañcoʼgniṃ saparyatārā nābhimivābhitaḥ. - Let your cistern of drinking water, your share of food be common together; with one common bond I bind you.
Serve Agni, gathered round him like the spokes about the chariot nave.
- samānī prapā saha voʼnnabhāgaḥ samāne yoktre saha vo yunajmi.
- समानी प्रपा सह वोऽन्नभागः समाने योक्त्रे सह वो युनज्मि ।
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | प्र॒पा (prapā́) | प्र॒पे (prapé) | प्र॒पाः (prapā́ḥ) |
| accusative | प्र॒पाम् (prapā́m) | प्र॒पे (prapé) | प्र॒पाः (prapā́ḥ) |
| instrumental | प्र॒पया॑ (prapáyā) प्र॒पा¹ (prapā́¹) |
प्र॒पाभ्या॑म् (prapā́bhyām) | प्र॒पाभिः॑ (prapā́bhiḥ) |
| dative | प्र॒पायै॑ (prapā́yai) | प्र॒पाभ्या॑म् (prapā́bhyām) | प्र॒पाभ्यः॑ (prapā́bhyaḥ) |
| ablative | प्र॒पायाः॑ (prapā́yāḥ) प्र॒पायै॑² (prapā́yai²) |
प्र॒पाभ्या॑म् (prapā́bhyām) | प्र॒पाभ्यः॑ (prapā́bhyaḥ) |
| genitive | प्र॒पायाः॑ (prapā́yāḥ) प्र॒पायै॑² (prapā́yai²) |
प्र॒पयोः॑ (prapáyoḥ) | प्र॒पाणा॑म् (prapā́ṇām) |
| locative | प्र॒पाया॑म् (prapā́yām) | प्र॒पयोः॑ (prapáyoḥ) | प्र॒पासु॑ (prapā́su) |
| vocative | प्रपे॑ (prápe) | प्रपे॑ (prápe) | प्रपाः॑ (prápāḥ) |
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