प्रपा

प्रपा

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ᬧ᭄ᬭᬧᬵ (Balinese script)
• প্ৰপা (Assamese script)
• প্রপা (Bengali script)
• 𑰢𑰿𑰨𑰢𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀧𑁆𑀭𑀧𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌪𑌾 (Grantha script)
• પ્રપા (Gujarati script)
• ꦥꦿꦥꦴ (Javanese script)
• ប្របា (Khmer script)
• ಪ್ರಪಾ (Kannada script)
• ປ຺ຣປາ (Lao script)
• 𑘢𑘿𑘨𑘢𑘰 (Modi script)
• ပြပါ (Burmese script)
• 𑧂𑧠𑧈𑧂𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐥𑑂𑐬𑐥𑐵 (Newa script)
• ପ୍ରପା (Oriya script)
• ꢦ꣄ꢬꢦꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆥𑇀𑆫𑆥𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖢𑖿𑖨𑖢𑖯 (Siddham script)
• ప్రపా (Telugu script)
• ปฺรปา (Thai script)
• པྲཔཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒣𑓂𑒩𑒣𑒰 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From प्र- (pra-, “forth”) +‎ Proto-Indo-European *péh₃ (“drinking”), from *peh₃- (“to drink”). Synchronically analysable as प्र- (pra-) +‎ पा (pā, “to drink”, root).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɾɐ.pɑ́ː/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpɾɐ.pɑː/

Noun

प्रपा • (prapā́) f

1. 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. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.4.1:

     धन्व॑न्निव प्र॒पा अ॑सि॒ त्वम॑ग्न इय॒क्षवे॑ पू॒रवे॑ प्रत्न राजन् ॥

     dhánvanniva prapā́ asi tvámagna iyakṣáve pūráve pratna rājan.

     Like a fountain in the desert art thou, Agni, O Ancient King, to man who fain would worship.

   • c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda 3.30.6:

     समानी प्रपा सह वोऽन्नभागः समाने योक्त्रे सह वो युनज्मि ।
     सम्यञ्चोऽग्निं सपर्यतारा नाभिमिवाभितः ॥

     samānī prapā saha vo’nnabhāgaḥ samāne yoktre saha vo yunajmi .
     samyañco’gniṃ 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.

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of प्रपा (prapā́)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	प्रपा prapā́	प्रपे prapé	प्रपाः prapā́ḥ
Vocative	प्रपे prápe	प्रपे prápe	प्रपाः prápāḥ
Accusative	प्रपाम् prapā́m	प्रपे prapé	प्रपाः prapā́ḥ
Instrumental	प्रपया / प्रपा¹ prapáyā / prapā́¹	प्रपाभ्याम् prapā́bhyām	प्रपाभिः prapā́bhiḥ
Dative	प्रपायै prapā́yai	प्रपाभ्याम् prapā́bhyām	प्रपाभ्यः prapā́bhyaḥ
Ablative	प्रपायाः prapā́yāḥ	प्रपाभ्याम् prapā́bhyām	प्रपाभ्यः prapā́bhyaḥ
Genitive	प्रपायाः prapā́yāḥ	प्रपयोः prapáyoḥ	प्रपाणाम् prapā́ṇām
Locative	प्रपायाम् prapā́yām	प्रपयोः prapáyoḥ	प्रपासु prapā́su
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Pali: papā
• Prakrit: 𑀧𑀯𑀸 (pavā)
  • Central:
    • Hindi: पौ (pau, “roadside shed supplying drinking water”)
  • Northern:
    • Nepali: पौवा (pauwā, “inn”)
  • Northwestern:
    • Punjabi: ਪੌ (pau)