प्रदूषण

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit प्रदूषण (pradūṣaṇa). Popularity may reflect a phono-semantic matching of English pollution.

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /pɾə.d̪uː.ʂəɳ/, [pɾɐ.d̪uː.ʃɐ̃ɳ]

Noun

प्रदूषण • (pradūṣaṇ) m

pollution
(dated) the act of destroying, killing

Declension

Declension of प्रदूषण (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	प्रदूषण pradūṣaṇ	प्रदूषण pradūṣaṇ
oblique	प्रदूषण pradūṣaṇ	प्रदूषणों pradūṣaṇõ
vocative	प्रदूषण pradūṣaṇ	प्रदूषणो pradūṣaṇo

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

প্ৰদূষণ (Assamese script)
ᬧ᭄ᬭᬤᬹᬱᬡ (Balinese script)
প্রদূষণ (Bengali script)
𑰢𑰿𑰨𑰟𑰳𑰬𑰜 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀧𑁆𑀭𑀤𑀽𑀱𑀡 (Brahmi script)
ပြဒူၑဏ (Burmese script)
પ્રદૂષણ (Gujarati script)
ਪ੍ਰਦੂਸ਼ਣ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌦𑍂𑌷𑌣 (Grantha script)
ꦥꦿꦢꦹꦰꦟ (Javanese script)
𑂣𑂹𑂩𑂠𑂴𑂭𑂝 (Kaithi script)
ಪ್ರದೂಷಣ (Kannada script)
ប្រទូឞណ (Khmer script)
ປ຺ຣທູຩຓ (Lao script)
പ്രദൂഷണ (Malayalam script)
ᢒᡵᠠᡩᡠᡠᢢᠠᢏᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘢𑘿𑘨𑘟𑘴𑘬𑘜 (Modi script)
ᢒᠷᠠᢑᠤᠤᢔᠠᢏᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑧂𑧠𑧈𑦿𑧕𑧌𑦼 (Nandinagari script)
𑐥𑑂𑐬𑐡𑐹𑐲𑐞 (Newa script)
ପ୍ରଦୂଷଣ (Odia script)
ꢦ꣄ꢬꢣꢹꢰꢠ (Saurashtra script)
𑆥𑇀𑆫𑆢𑆷𑆰𑆟 (Sharada script)
𑖢𑖿𑖨𑖟𑖳𑖬𑖜 (Siddham script)
ප්‍රදූෂණ (Sinhalese script)
𑩰 𑪙𑩼𑩭𑩒𑩛𑪀𑩪 (Soyombo script)
𑚞𑚶𑚤𑚛𑚱𑚘 (Takri script)
ப்ரதூ³ஷண (Tamil script)
ప్రదూషణ (Telugu script)
ปฺรทูษณ (Thai script)
པྲ་དཱུ་ཥ་ཎ (Tibetan script)
𑒣𑓂𑒩𑒠𑒴𑒭𑒝 (Tirhuta script)
𑨞𑩇𑨫𑨛𑨃𑨊𑨯𑨘 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

प्र- (pra-) +‎ दूषण (dūṣaṇa)

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɾɐ.duː.ʂɐ.ɳɐ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /pɾɐˈd̪uː.ʂɐ.ɳɐ/

Noun

प्रदूषण • (pradūṣaṇa) stem, n

pollution

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of प्रदूषण (pradūṣaṇa)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	प्रदूषणम् pradūṣaṇam	प्रदूषणे pradūṣaṇe	प्रदूषणानि / प्रदूषणा¹ pradūṣaṇāni / pradūṣaṇā¹
Vocative	प्रदूषण pradūṣaṇa	प्रदूषणे pradūṣaṇe	प्रदूषणानि / प्रदूषणा¹ pradūṣaṇāni / pradūṣaṇā¹
Accusative	प्रदूषणम् pradūṣaṇam	प्रदूषणे pradūṣaṇe	प्रदूषणानि / प्रदूषणा¹ pradūṣaṇāni / pradūṣaṇā¹
Instrumental	प्रदूषणेन pradūṣaṇena	प्रदूषणाभ्याम् pradūṣaṇābhyām	प्रदूषणैः / प्रदूषणेभिः¹ pradūṣaṇaiḥ / pradūṣaṇebhiḥ¹
Dative	प्रदूषणाय pradūṣaṇāya	प्रदूषणाभ्याम् pradūṣaṇābhyām	प्रदूषणेभ्यः pradūṣaṇebhyaḥ
Ablative	प्रदूषणात् pradūṣaṇāt	प्रदूषणाभ्याम् pradūṣaṇābhyām	प्रदूषणेभ्यः pradūṣaṇebhyaḥ
Genitive	प्रदूषणस्य pradūṣaṇasya	प्रदूषणयोः pradūṣaṇayoḥ	प्रदूषणानाम् pradūṣaṇānām
Locative	प्रदूषणे pradūṣaṇe	प्रदूषणयोः pradūṣaṇayoḥ	प्रदूषणेषु pradūṣaṇeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

→ Hindi: प्रदूषण (pradūṣaṇ) (learned)

References

Monier Williams (1899) “प्रदूषण”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 680, column 1.