प्रणपात्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• প্ৰণপাত্ (Assamese script)
• ᬧ᭄ᬭᬡᬧᬵᬢ᭄ (Balinese script)
• প্রণপাত্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰢𑰿𑰨𑰜𑰢𑰯𑰝𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀧𑁆𑀭𑀡𑀧𑀸𑀢𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ပြဏပါတ် (Burmese script)
• પ્રણપાત્ (Gujarati script)
• ਪ੍ਰਣਪਾਤ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌣𑌪𑌾𑌤𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦥꦿꦟꦥꦴꦠ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂣𑂹𑂩𑂝𑂣𑂰𑂞𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಪ್ರಣಪಾತ್ (Kannada script)
• ប្រណបាត៑ (Khmer script)
• ປ຺ຣຓປາຕ຺ (Lao script)
• പ്രണപാത് (Malayalam script)
• ᢒᡵᠠᢏᠠᢒᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘢𑘿𑘨𑘜𑘢𑘰𑘝𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᢒᠷᠠᢏᠠᢒᠠᢗᢐ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧂𑧠𑧈𑦼𑧂𑧑𑦽𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐥𑑂𑐬𑐞𑐥𑐵𑐟𑑂 (Newa script)
• ପ୍ରଣପାତ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢦ꣄ꢬꢠꢦꢵꢡ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆥𑇀𑆫𑆟𑆥𑆳𑆠𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖢𑖿𑖨𑖜𑖢𑖯𑖝𑖿 (Siddham script)
• ප්‍රණපාත් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩰 𑪙𑩼𑩪𑩰𑩛𑩫 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚞𑚶𑚤𑚘𑚞𑚭𑚙𑚶 (Takri script)
• ப்ரணபாத் (Tamil script)
• ప్రణపాత్ (Telugu script)
• ปฺรณปาตฺ (Thai script)
• པྲ་ཎ་པཱ་ཏ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒣𑓂𑒩𑒝𑒣𑒰𑒞𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨞𑩇𑨫𑨘𑨞𑨊𑨙𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *prónepōts (“great-grandson”), from *pro- + *népōts (“grandson”). Cognate with Latin pronepōs (“great-grandchild”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɾɐ́.ɳɐ.pɑːt/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈpɾɐ.ɳɐ.pɑːt̪/

Noun

प्रणपात् • (práṇapāt) stem, m

1. great-grandson
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 8.17.13:

     यस्ते॑ शृङ्गवृषो नपा॒त् प्रण॑पात् कुण्ड॒पाय्यः॑ ।
     न्य् अ॑स्मिन् दध्र॒ आ मनः॑ ॥

     yáste śṛṅgavṛṣo napāt práṇapāt kuṇḍapā́yyaḥ.
     ny àsmin dadhra ā́ mánaḥ.

     To Kundapayya, grandson's son, grandson of Srngavrs! to thee,
     To him have I addressed my thought.

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “प्रणपात्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 659.