प्र-

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit प्र- (pra-).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /pɾə/, [pɾɐ]

Prefix

प्र- • (pra-)

1. (productive) forward, onward; leading to

   ‎प्र- (pra-) + ‎देश (deś, “country”) → ‎प्रदेश (pradeś, “province, region”)

2. (productive) act of

   ‎प्र- (pra-) + ‎दान (dān, “gift”) → ‎प्रदान (pradān, “gifting”)

3. (unproductive) very, much

   ‎प्र- (pra-) + ‎बल (bal, “strength”) → ‎प्रबल (prabal, “strong”)

Derived terms

Hindi terms prefixed with प्र-

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• প্ৰ- (Assamese script)
• ᬧ᭄ᬭ- (Balinese script)
• প্র- (Bengali script)
• 𑰢𑰿𑰨- (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀧𑁆𑀭- (Brahmi script)
• ပြ- (Burmese script)
• પ્ર- (Gujarati script)
• ਪ੍ਰ- (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌪𑍍𑌰- (Grantha script)
• ꦥꦿ- (Javanese script)
• 𑂣𑂹𑂩- (Kaithi script)
• ಪ್ರ- (Kannada script)
• ប្រ- (Khmer script)
• ປ຺ຣ- (Lao script)
• പ്ര- (Malayalam script)
• ᢒᡵᠠ᠊ (Manchu script)
• 𑘢𑘿𑘨- (Modi script)
• ᢒᠷᠠ᠊ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧂𑧠𑧈- (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐥𑑂𑐬- (Newa script)
• ପ୍ର- (Odia script)
• ꢦ꣄ꢬ- (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆥𑇀𑆫- (Sharada script)
• 𑖢𑖿𑖨- (Siddham script)
• ප්‍ර- (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩰 𑪙𑩼- (Soyombo script)
• 𑚞𑚶𑚤- (Takri script)
• ப்ர- (Tamil script)
• ప్ర- (Telugu script)
• ปฺร- (Thai script)
• པྲ- (Tibetan script)
• 𑒣𑓂𑒩- (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨞𑩇𑨫- (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *pra-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pra-, from Proto-Indo-European *pro-.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɾɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /pɾɐ/

Prefix

प्र- • (pra-)

1. towards, forwards, pro-

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms prefixed with प्र-

Descendants

• → Bengali: প্র- (pro-) (learned)
• → Hindi: प्र- (pra-) (learned)
• → Old Javanese: pra-
  • → Indonesian: pra- (learned)
    • → Malay: pra- (learned)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “प्र-”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 652/2.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 173-4