परा-

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• পৰা- (Assamese script)
• ᬧᬭᬵ- (Balinese script)
• পরা- (Bengali script)
• 𑰢𑰨𑰯- (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀧𑀭𑀸- (Brahmi script)
• ပရာ- (Burmese script)
• પરા- (Gujarati script)
• ਪਰਾ- (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌪𑌰𑌾- (Grantha script)
• ꦥꦫꦴ- (Javanese script)
• 𑂣𑂩𑂰- (Kaithi script)
• ಪರಾ- (Kannada script)
• បរា- (Khmer script)
• ປຣາ- (Lao script)
• പരാ- (Malayalam script)
• ᢒᠠᡵᠠ᠎᠊ᠠ᠊ (Manchu script)
• 𑘢𑘨𑘰- (Modi script)
• ᢒᠠᠷᠠᢗ᠊ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧂𑧈𑧑- (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐥𑐬𑐵- (Newa script)
• ପରା- (Odia script)
• ꢦꢬꢵ- (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆥𑆫𑆳- (Sharada script)
• 𑖢𑖨𑖯- (Siddham script)
• පරා- (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩰𑩼𑩛- (Soyombo script)
• 𑚞𑚤𑚭- (Takri script)
• பரா- (Tamil script)
• పరా- (Telugu script)
• ปรา- (Thai script)
• པ་རཱ- (Tibetan script)
• 𑒣𑒩𑒰- (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨞𑨫𑨊- (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

See पर (para).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɐ.ɾɑː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈpɐ.ɾɑː/

Prefix

परा- • (parā-)

1. denotes the opposite, far, distant, beyond

Sanskrit terms prefixed with परा-

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “परा-”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 586/1, 589/1-2.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 88-9