प्राह्ण

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

প্ৰাহ্ণ (Assamese script)
ᬧ᭄ᬭᬵᬳ᭄ᬡ (Balinese script)
প্রাহ্ণ (Bengali script)
𑰢𑰿𑰨𑰯𑰮𑰿𑰜 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀧𑁆𑀭𑀸𑀳𑁆𑀡 (Brahmi script)
ပြာဟ္ဏ (Burmese script)
પ્રાહ્ણ (Gujarati script)
ਪ੍ਰਾਹ੍ਣ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌹𑍍𑌣 (Grantha script)
ꦥꦿꦴꦲ꧀ꦟ (Javanese script)
𑂣𑂹𑂩𑂰𑂯𑂹𑂝 (Kaithi script)
ಪ್ರಾಹ್ಣ (Kannada script)
ប្រាហ្ណ (Khmer script)
ປ຺ຣາຫ຺ຓ (Lao script)
പ്രാഹ്ണ (Malayalam script)
ᢒᡵᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡥᢏᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘢𑘿𑘨𑘰𑘮𑘿𑘜 (Modi script)
ᢒᠷᠠᢗᠾᢏᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑧂𑧠𑧈𑧑𑧎𑧠𑦼 (Nandinagari script)
𑐥𑑂𑐬𑐵𑐴𑑂𑐞 (Newa script)
ପ୍ରାହ୍ଣ (Odia script)
ꢦ꣄ꢬꢵꢲ꣄ꢠ (Saurashtra script)
𑆥𑇀𑆫𑆳𑆲𑇀𑆟 (Sharada script)
𑖢𑖿𑖨𑖯𑖮𑖿𑖜 (Siddham script)
ප්‍රාහ‍්ණ (Sinhalese script)
𑩰 𑪙𑩼𑩛𑪂 𑪙𑩪 (Soyombo script)
𑚞𑚶𑚤𑚭𑚩𑚶𑚘 (Takri script)
ப்ராஹ்ண (Tamil script)
ప్రాహ్ణ (Telugu script)
ปฺราหฺณ (Thai script)
པྲཱ་ཧྞ (Tibetan script)
𑒣𑓂𑒩𑒰𑒯𑓂𑒝 (Tirhuta script)
𑨞𑩇𑨫𑨊𑨱𑩇𑨘 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Karmadhāraya compound of प्र- (pra, “fore-, pro-”) +‎ अह्न (ahna, “day”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɾɑːɦ.ɳɐ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈpɾɑːɦ.ɳɐ/

Noun

प्राह्ण • (prāhṇa) stem, m

prior part of the day; forenoon, morning
Synonyms: see Thesaurus: प्रभात
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  माम् केशवः गदया प्रातः अव्यात् गोविन्दः आसङ्गवम् आत्त-वेणुः नारायणः प्राह्णः उदात्त-शक्तिः मध्यम्-दिने विष्णुः अरीन्द्र-पाणिः
  Keshava covered me with his club in the morning, Govinda with his association, Narayana with his flute in his hand, Nārāyana with his elevated power in the afternoon, Vishnu with his hands of Arindra in the middle of the day.

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of प्राह्ण (prāhṇa)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	प्राह्णः prāhṇaḥ	प्राह्णौ / प्राह्णा¹ prāhṇau / prāhṇā¹	प्राह्णाः / प्राह्णासः¹ prāhṇāḥ / prāhṇāsaḥ¹
Vocative	प्राह्ण prāhṇa	प्राह्णौ / प्राह्णा¹ prāhṇau / prāhṇā¹	प्राह्णाः / प्राह्णासः¹ prāhṇāḥ / prāhṇāsaḥ¹
Accusative	प्राह्णम् prāhṇam	प्राह्णौ / प्राह्णा¹ prāhṇau / prāhṇā¹	प्राह्णान् prāhṇān
Instrumental	प्राह्णेन prāhṇena	प्राह्णाभ्याम् prāhṇābhyām	प्राह्णैः / प्राह्णेभिः¹ prāhṇaiḥ / prāhṇebhiḥ¹
Dative	प्राह्णाय prāhṇāya	प्राह्णाभ्याम् prāhṇābhyām	प्राह्णेभ्यः prāhṇebhyaḥ
Ablative	प्राह्णात् prāhṇāt	प्राह्णाभ्याम् prāhṇābhyām	प्राह्णेभ्यः prāhṇebhyaḥ
Genitive	प्राह्णस्य prāhṇasya	प्राह्णयोः prāhṇayoḥ	प्राह्णानाम् prāhṇānām
Locative	प्राह्णे prāhṇe	प्राह्णयोः prāhṇayoḥ	प्राह्णेषु prāhṇeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

Monier Williams (1899) “प्राह्ण”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 709.
Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “prāhṇa”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
Arthur Berriedale Keith, Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1912) “prāhṇa”, in Vedic index of names and subjects, volume 2, London: John Murray, Albemarle Street, W. [Published for the Government of India], →OCLC