प्रछ्

प्रछ्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ᬧ᭄ᬭᬙ᭄ (Balinese script)
• প্ৰছ্ (Assamese script)
• প্রছ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰢𑰿𑰨𑰔𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀧𑁆𑀭𑀙𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌛𑍍 (Grantha script)
• પ્રછ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਪੑਰਛੑ (Gurmukhi script)
• ꦥꦿꦖ꧀ (Javanese script)
• ប្រឆ៑ (Khmer script)
• ಪ್ರಛ್ (Kannada script)
• ປ຺ຣຉ຺ (Lao script)
• പ്രഛ് (Malayalam script)
• 𑘢𑘿𑘨𑘔𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᢒᠷᠠᠼ (Mongolian script)
• ᢒᡵᠠᡮ (Manchu script)
• ပြဆ် (Burmese script)
• 𑧂𑧠𑧈𑦴𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐥𑑂𑐬𑐕𑑂 (Newa script)
• ପ୍ରଛ୍ (Oriya script)
• ꢦ꣄ꢬꢘ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆥𑇀𑆫𑆗𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖢𑖿𑖨𑖔𑖿 (Siddham script)
• ප්රඡ් (Sinhalese script)
• ప్రఛ్ (Telugu script)
• ปฺรฉฺ (Thai script)
• པྲ་ཚ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒣𑓂𑒩𑒕𑓂 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *preḱ- (“to ask”). Cognate with Russian (во)прос ((vo)pros, “question”), Latin prex whence, via French, English pray.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɾɐt͡ɕʰ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /pɾɐt͡ɕʰ/

Root

प्रछ् • (prach)

1. to ask, question, interrogate
2. to ask after, inquire

Derived terms

• प्रश्न (praśná, “question”)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “प्रछ्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0695.
• 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.; 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, pages 490
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 0821