प्रछ्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• प्रश् (praś)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• প্ৰছ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬧ᭄ᬭᬙ᭄ (Balinese script)
• প্রছ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰢𑰿𑰨𑰔𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀧𑁆𑀭𑀙𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ပြဆ် (Burmese script)
• પ્રછ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਪ੍ਰਛ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌛𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦥꦿꦖ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂣𑂹𑂩𑂓𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಪ್ರಛ್ (Kannada script)
• ប្រឆ៑ (Khmer script)
• ປ຺ຣຉ຺ (Lao script)
• പ്രഛ് (Malayalam script)
• ᢒᡵᠠᡮ (Manchu script)
• 𑘢𑘿𑘨𑘔𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᢒᠷᠠᠼ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧂𑧠𑧈𑦴𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐥𑑂𑐬𑐕𑑂 (Newa script)
• ପ୍ରଛ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢦ꣄ꢬꢘ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆥𑇀𑆫𑆗𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖢𑖿𑖨𑖔𑖿 (Siddham script)
• ප්‍රඡ් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩰 𑪙𑩼𑩢 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚞𑚶𑚤𑚐𑚶 (Takri script)
• ப்ரச்² (Tamil script)
• ప్రఛ్ (Telugu script)
• ปฺรฉฺ (Thai script)
• པྲ་ཚ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒣𑓂𑒩𑒕𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨞𑩇𑨫𑨤𑨴 (Zanabazar Square 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 Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /pɾɐt͡ɕʰ/

Root

प्रछ् • (prach)

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

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root प्रछ् (0 c, 4 e)

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root प्रछ् (9 c, 0 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

• पृच्छति (pṛccháti, Present)
• प्रक्ष्यति (prakṣyati, Future)
• प्रष्टा (praṣṭā, Periphrastic Future)
• अप्राक्षीत् (áprākṣīt, Aorist)
• पप्रच्छ (papraccha, Perfect)

Secondary Forms

• पृच्छ्यते (pṛcchyáte, Passive)
• प्रच्छयति (pracchayati, Causative)
• अपप्रच्छत् (apapracchat, Causative Aorist)
• पिपृच्छिषति (pipṛcchiṣati, Desiderative)
• परीपृच्छ्यते (parīpṛcchyate, Intensive)

Non-Finite Forms

• पृष्ट (pṛṣṭá, Past Participle)
• प्रष्टुम् (práṣṭum, Infinitive)
• पृष्ट्वा (pṛṣṭvā, Gerund)
• प्रष्टव्य (praṣṭavya, Gerundive)
• पृच्छ्य (pṛcchya, Gerundive)
• पिपृच्छिषु (pipṛcchiṣu, Desiderative Participle)

Derived Nominal Forms

• पपृक्षेण्य (papṛkṣéṇya)
• पृच्छक (pṛcchaka)
• पृच्छा (pṛcchā)
• प्रश्न (praśná, “question”)
• प्रष्टृ (praṣṭṛ)
• प्राश् (prā́ś)

Prefixed Root Forms

• अतिप्रछ् (atiprach)
• अनुप्रछ् (anuprach)
• अभिप्रछ् (abhiprach)
• आप्रछ् (āprach)
• उपप्रछ् (upaprach)
• परिप्रछ् (pariprach)
• प्रतिप्रछ् (pratiprach)
• विप्रछ् (viprach)
• सम्प्रछ् (samprach)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “प्रछ्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0658/1.
• 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
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 183-4

• Mallory, J. P. with 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, page 490
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) “0821”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 0821