प्रास

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit प्रास (prāsa).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /pɾɑːs/, [pɾäːs]

Noun

प्रास • (prās) m (rare, formal)

1. casting, throwing, launching
2. a barbed missile, dart

Declension

Declension of प्रास (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	प्रास prās	प्रास prās
oblique	प्रास prās	प्रासों prāsõ
vocative	प्रास prās	प्रासो prāso

Further reading

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “प्रास”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• প্ৰাস (Assamese script)
• ᬧ᭄ᬭᬵᬲ (Balinese script)
• প্রাস (Bengali script)
• 𑰢𑰿𑰨𑰯𑰭 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀧𑁆𑀭𑀸𑀲 (Brahmi script)
• ပြာသ (Burmese script)
• પ્રાસ (Gujarati script)
• ਪ੍ਰਾਸ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌸 (Grantha script)
• ꦥꦿꦴꦱ (Javanese script)
• 𑂣𑂹𑂩𑂰𑂮 (Kaithi script)
• ಪ್ರಾಸ (Kannada script)
• ប្រាស (Khmer script)
• ປ຺ຣາສ (Lao script)
• പ്രാസ (Malayalam script)
• ᢒᡵᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠰ᠌ᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘢𑘿𑘨𑘰𑘭 (Modi script)
• ᢒᠷᠠᢗᠰᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧂𑧠𑧈𑧑𑧍 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐥𑑂𑐬𑐵𑐳 (Newa script)
• ପ୍ରାସ (Odia script)
• ꢦ꣄ꢬꢵꢱ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆥𑇀𑆫𑆳𑆱 (Sharada script)
• 𑖢𑖿𑖨𑖯𑖭 (Siddham script)
• ප්‍රාස (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩰 𑪙𑩼𑩛𑪁 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚞𑚶𑚤𑚭𑚨 (Takri script)
• ப்ராஸ (Tamil script)
• ప్రాస (Telugu script)
• ปฺราส (Thai script)
• པྲཱ་ས (Tibetan script)
• 𑒣𑓂𑒩𑒰𑒮 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨞𑩇𑨫𑨊𑨰 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From the verb प्रास्यति (prāsyati, “to throw, hurl, shoot”); see there for more.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɾɑː.sɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /pɾɑː.s̪ɐ/

Noun

प्रास • (prāsa) stem, m

1. casting, throwing
2. a barbed missile, dart
   • c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata
3. scattering, sprinkling
4. dice

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of प्रास

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	प्रासः (prāsaḥ)	प्रासौ (prāsau) प्रासा¹ (prāsā¹)	प्रासाः (prāsāḥ) प्रासासः¹ (prāsāsaḥ¹)
vocative	प्रास (prāsa)	प्रासौ (prāsau) प्रासा¹ (prāsā¹)	प्रासाः (prāsāḥ) प्रासासः¹ (prāsāsaḥ¹)
accusative	प्रासम् (prāsam)	प्रासौ (prāsau) प्रासा¹ (prāsā¹)	प्रासान् (prāsān)
instrumental	प्रासेन (prāsena)	प्रासाभ्याम् (prāsābhyām)	प्रासैः (prāsaiḥ) प्रासेभिः¹ (prāsebhiḥ¹)
dative	प्रासाय (prāsāya)	प्रासाभ्याम् (prāsābhyām)	प्रासेभ्यः (prāsebhyaḥ)
ablative	प्रासात् (prāsāt)	प्रासाभ्याम् (prāsābhyām)	प्रासेभ्यः (prāsebhyaḥ)
genitive	प्रासस्य (prāsasya)	प्रासयोः (prāsayoḥ)	प्रासानाम् (prāsānām)
locative	प्रासे (prāse)	प्रासयोः (prāsayoḥ)	प्रासेषु (prāseṣu)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

• Prakrit: 𑀧𑀸𑀲 (pāsa)
• Pali: pāsa
• → Hindi: प्रास (prās) (learned)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “प्रास”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 709.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “prāsa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press