प्रसू

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

প্ৰসূ (Assamese script)
ᬧ᭄ᬭᬲᬹ (Balinese script)
প্রসূ (Bengali script)
𑰢𑰿𑰨𑰭𑰳 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀧𑁆𑀭𑀲𑀽 (Brahmi script)
ပြသူ (Burmese script)
પ્રસૂ (Gujarati script)
ਪ੍ਰਸੂ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌸𑍂 (Grantha script)
ꦥꦿꦱꦹ (Javanese script)
𑂣𑂹𑂩𑂮𑂴 (Kaithi script)
ಪ್ರಸೂ (Kannada script)
ប្រសូ (Khmer script)
ປ຺ຣສູ (Lao script)
പ്രസൂ (Malayalam script)
ᢒᡵᠠᠰ᠌ᡠᡠ (Manchu script)
𑘢𑘿𑘨𑘭𑘴 (Modi script)
ᢒᠷᠠᠰᠤᠤ (Mongolian script)
𑧂𑧠𑧈𑧍𑧕 (Nandinagari script)
𑐥𑑂𑐬𑐳𑐹 (Newa script)
ପ୍ରସୂ (Odia script)
ꢦ꣄ꢬꢱꢹ (Saurashtra script)
𑆥𑇀𑆫𑆱𑆷 (Sharada script)
𑖢𑖿𑖨𑖭𑖳 (Siddham script)
ප්‍රසූ (Sinhalese script)
𑩰 𑪙𑩼𑪁𑩒𑩛 (Soyombo script)
𑚞𑚶𑚤𑚨𑚱 (Takri script)
ப்ரஸூ (Tamil script)
ప్రసూ (Telugu script)
ปฺรสู (Thai script)
པྲ་སཱུ (Tibetan script)
𑒣𑓂𑒩𑒮𑒴 (Tirhuta script)
𑨞𑩇𑨫𑨰𑨃𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology 1

प्र- (pra-, “forth”) +‎ सू (sū, “to give birth”).

Pronunciation

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

Root

प्रसू • (prasū)

to procreate, beget, bring forth
to obtain offspring, bear fruit, produce

Derived terms

प्रसव (prasava, “begetting, procreation”)
प्रसवति (prasavati)
प्रसूति (prasūti, “procreation”)
प्रसूते (prasūte)

Etymology 2

प्र- (pra-, “forth”) +‎ सू (sū, “to set in motion”).

Pronunciation

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

Root

प्रसू • (prasū)

to set in motion, rouse to activity
to urge, incite, impel, bid, command
to allow, give up to, deliver
to hurl, throw

Derived terms

प्रसव (prasava, “impulse, stimulation”)
प्रसवितृ (prasavitṛ, “impeller, exciter, vivifier”)
प्रसुवति (prasuvati)
प्रसूति (prasūti, “instigation, order, permission”)
प्रसौति (prasauti)

References

Monier Williams (1899), “प्रसू”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 698.