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

1. pollution
2. (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

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

1. 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.