ప్రకృతి
Telugu
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Sanskrit प्रकृति (prakṛti).
Pronunciation
[edit]- Rhymes: -తి
Noun
[edit]ప్రకృతి • (prakr̥ti) f (plural ప్రకృతులు)
- the original or natural form of anything, natural condition or state, original or primary substance.
- cause, origin, source.
- nature, character, constitution, disposition, temper, temperament.
- nature, (as opp. to Purusha or Spirit) the creation, universe.
- (mathematics) a coefficient, multiplier.
- the common people (collectively).
- (grammar) the crude elementary or radical form of a word, a primitive word root, radix, radical, etymon.
- a metre having 21 syllables per line of verse.
Antonyms
[edit]- వికృతి (vikr̥ti)
References
[edit]"ప్రకృతి" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 824