प्र-

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit प्र- (pra-).

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /pɾə/, [pɾɐ]

Prefix

प्र- • (pra-)

  1. (productive) forward, onward; leading to
    ‎प्र- (pra-) + ‎देश (deś, “country”) → ‎प्रदेश (pradeś, “province, region”)
  2. (productive) act of
    ‎प्र- (pra-) + ‎दान (dān, “gift”) → ‎प्रदान (pradān, “gifting”)
  3. (unproductive) very, much
    ‎प्र- (pra-) + ‎बल (bal, “strength”) → ‎प्रबल (prabal, “strong”)

Derived terms
Hindi terms prefixed with प्र-

Sanskrit

Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
  • প্ৰ- (Assamese script)
  • ᬧ᭄ᬭ- (Balinese script)
  • প্র- (Bengali script)
  • 𑰢𑰿𑰨- (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀧𑁆𑀭- (Brahmi script)
  • ပြ- (Burmese script)
  • પ્ર- (Gujarati script)
  • ਪ੍ਰ- (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌪𑍍𑌰- (Grantha script)
  • ꦥꦿ- (Javanese script)
  • 𑂣𑂹𑂩- (Kaithi script)
  • ಪ್ರ- (Kannada script)
  • ប្រ- (Khmer script)
  • ປ຺ຣ- (Lao script)
  • പ്ര- (Malayalam script)
  • ᢒᡵᠠ᠊ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘢𑘿𑘨- (Modi script)
  • ᢒᠷᠠ᠊ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑧂𑧠𑧈- (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐥𑑂𑐬- (Newa script)
  • ପ୍ର- (Odia script)
  • ꢦ꣄ꢬ- (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆥𑇀𑆫- (Sharada script)
  • 𑖢𑖿𑖨- (Siddham script)
  • ප්‍ර- (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩰 𑪙𑩼- (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚞𑚶𑚤- (Takri script)
  • ப்ர- (Tamil script)
  • ప్ర- (Telugu script)
  • ปฺร- (Thai script)
  • པྲ- (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒣𑓂𑒩- (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨞𑩇𑨫- (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *pra-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pra-, from Proto-Indo-European *pro-.

Pronunciation

Prefix

प्र- • (pra-)

  1. towards, forwards, pro-

Derived terms
Sanskrit terms prefixed with प्र-

Descendants
  • → Bengali: প্র- (pro-) (learned)
  • → Hindi: प्र- (pra-) (learned)
  • → Old Javanese: pra-
    • → Indonesian: pra- (learned)

References
  • Monier Williams (1899) “प्र-”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 652/2.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 173-4
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