प्रताप

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit प्रताप (pratāpa).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /pɾə.t̪ɑːp/, [pɾɐ.t̪äːp]

Noun

प्रताप • (pratāp) m

1. opulence, majesty, glory

   Synonym: शान (śān)

Declension

Declension of प्रताप (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	प्रताप pratāp	प्रताप pratāp
oblique	प्रताप pratāp	प्रतापों pratāpõ
vocative	प्रताप pratāp	प्रतापो pratāpo

Derived terms

• प्रतापी (pratāpī)

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “प्रताप”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “प्रताप”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Sanskrit

Etymology

From प्र- (pra-) and ताप (tāpa), lit. 'bringing heat forth'.

Noun

प्रताप • (pratāpa) stem, m

1. bonanza
2. opulence, prosperity, wealth
3. warmer, heat-giver
4. scorcher
   • :

     विश्वं प्रतापयति यस्सवित्रादि विभूतिभिः
     स श्रीविष्णुः प्रतापन इति संकीर्यते बुधैः

     viśvaṃ pratāpayati yassavitrādi vibhūtibhiḥ
     sa śrīviṣṇuḥ pratāpana iti saṃkīryate budhaiḥ

     Scorcher of worlds, mighty tormenter and frighter:
     That is why Lord Vishnu is known as Pratāpa (ie, scorcher)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of प्रताप
Nom. sg.	प्रतापः (pratāpaḥ)
Gen. sg.	प्रतापस्य (pratāpasya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	प्रतापः (pratāpaḥ)	प्रतापौ (pratāpau)	प्रतापाः (pratāpāḥ)
Vocative	प्रताप (pratāpa)	प्रतापौ (pratāpau)	प्रतापाः (pratāpāḥ)
Accusative	प्रतापम् (pratāpam)	प्रतापौ (pratāpau)	प्रतापान् (pratāpān)
Instrumental	प्रतापेण (pratāpeṇa)	प्रतापाभ्याम् (pratāpābhyām)	प्रतापैः (pratāpaiḥ)
Dative	प्रतापाय (pratāpāya)	प्रतापाभ्याम् (pratāpābhyām)	प्रतापेभ्यः (pratāpebhyaḥ)
Ablative	प्रतापात् (pratāpāt)	प्रतापाभ्याम् (pratāpābhyām)	प्रतापेभ्यः (pratāpebhyaḥ)
Genitive	प्रतापस्य (pratāpasya)	प्रतापयोः (pratāpayoḥ)	प्रतापाणाम् (pratāpāṇām)
Locative	प्रतापे (pratāpe)	प्रतापयोः (pratāpayoḥ)	प्रतापेषु (pratāpeṣu)

Synonyms

• (wealth) लक्ष्मी (lakṣmī), सम्पद् (sampad)

Descendants

• → Old Javanese: pratāpa
  • > Javanese: ꦥꦿꦠꦥ (pratapa) (inherited)

See also

• प्रतापयति (pratāpayati, “to blaze, to irradiate, to heat”)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “प्रताप”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 661.