प्रभू

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

প্ৰভূ (Assamese script)
ᬧ᭄ᬭᬪᬹ (Balinese script)
প্রভূ (Bengali script)
𑰢𑰿𑰨𑰥𑰳 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀧𑁆𑀭𑀪𑀽 (Brahmi script)
ပြဘူ (Burmese script)
પ્રભૂ (Gujarati script)
ਪ੍ਰਭੂ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌭𑍂 (Grantha script)
ꦥꦿꦨꦹ (Javanese script)
𑂣𑂹𑂩𑂦𑂴 (Kaithi script)
ಪ್ರಭೂ (Kannada script)
ប្រភូ (Khmer script)
ປ຺ຣຠູ (Lao script)
പ്രഭൂ (Malayalam script)
ᢒᡵᠠᢨᡠᡠ (Manchu script)
𑘢𑘿𑘨𑘥𑘴 (Modi script)
ᢒᠷᠠᠪᠾᠤᠤ (Mongolian script)
𑧂𑧠𑧈𑧅𑧕 (Nandinagari script)
𑐥𑑂𑐬𑐨𑐹 (Newa script)
ପ୍ରଭୂ (Odia script)
ꢦ꣄ꢬꢩꢹ (Saurashtra script)
𑆥𑇀𑆫𑆨𑆷 (Sharada script)
𑖢𑖿𑖨𑖥𑖳 (Siddham script)
ප්‍රභූ (Sinhalese script)
𑩰 𑪙𑩼𑩳𑩒𑩛 (Soyombo script)
𑚞𑚶𑚤𑚡𑚱 (Takri script)
ப்ரபூ⁴ (Tamil script)
ప్రభూ (Telugu script)
ปฺรภู (Thai script)
པྲ་བྷཱུ (Tibetan script)
𑒣𑓂𑒩𑒦𑒴 (Tirhuta script)
𑨞𑩇𑨫𑨡𑨃𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

प्र- (pra-) +‎ भू (bhū).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɾɐ.bʱuː/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /pɾɐ.bʱuː/

Root

प्रभू • (prabhū)

to come forth, spring up, arise or originate from, appear, become visible, happen, occur
to be before, surpass
to become or be numerous, increase, prevail, be powerful
to rule, control, have power over, be master of
to be equal to or capable of
to be a match for
to be able to
to profit, avail, be of use to
to implore, beseech

Derived terms

प्रभूत (prabhūta)

Further reading

Monier Williams (1899), “प्रभू”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 684, column 2.