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Etymology

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Borrowed from Sanskrit पृष्ठ (pṛṣṭha). Doublet of पुट्ठा (puṭṭhā).

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पृष्ठ (pŕṣṭhm

  1. page
    Synonym: पन्ना (pannā)
  2. back, rear
    Synonym: पिछला (pichlā)

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Marathi

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Sanskrit पृष्ठ (pṛṣṭha).

Noun

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पृष्ठ (pŕṣṭhan

  1. back, rear, hinder part
  2. page

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Nepali

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पृष्ठ (pr̥ṣṭha)

  1. page (of a book); webpage

Sanskrit

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-Iranian *pr̥štʰám (back). Cognate with Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬭𐬱𐬙𐬀 (paršta), Persian پشت (pošt, back), Proto-Slavic *pьrstъ.

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पृष्ठ (pṛṣṭhá) stemn

  1. the back; the hinder part or rear of anything
    • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.58.2:
      अत्यो न पृष्ठं प्रुषितस्य रोचते दिवो न सानु स्तनयन्नचिक्रदत् ॥
      atyo na pṛṣṭhaṃ pruṣitasya rocate divo na sānu stanayannacikradat.
      His back, as he is sprinkled, glistens like a horse: loud hath he roared and shouted like the heights of heaven
  2. the upper side, surface, top, height
    with दिवः (diváḥ), or नाकस्य (nā́kasya)the surface of the sky, vault of heaven; cf. घृतपृष्ठ (ghṛta-pṛṣṭha)
  3. the flat roof of a house
  4. a page of a book
  5. name of particular arrangement of Samans (employed at the midday libation and formed from the रथंतर (rathaṃtara), बृहत् (bṛhat), वैरूप (vairūpa), वैराज (vairāja), शाक्वर (śākvara), and रैवत शाक्वर (raivata śākvara))
  6. name of various Samans

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Neuter a-stem declension of पृष्ठ (pṛṣṭhá)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative पृष्ठम्
pṛṣṭhám
पृष्ठे
pṛṣṭhé
पृष्ठानि / पृष्ठा¹
pṛṣṭhā́ni / pṛṣṭhā́¹
Vocative पृष्ठ
pṛ́ṣṭha
पृष्ठे
pṛ́ṣṭhe
पृष्ठानि / पृष्ठा¹
pṛ́ṣṭhāni / pṛ́ṣṭhā¹
Accusative पृष्ठम्
pṛṣṭhám
पृष्ठे
pṛṣṭhé
पृष्ठानि / पृष्ठा¹
pṛṣṭhā́ni / pṛṣṭhā́¹
Instrumental पृष्ठेन
pṛṣṭhéna
पृष्ठाभ्याम्
pṛṣṭhā́bhyām
पृष्ठैः / पृष्ठेभिः¹
pṛṣṭhaíḥ / pṛṣṭhébhiḥ¹
Dative पृष्ठाय
pṛṣṭhā́ya
पृष्ठाभ्याम्
pṛṣṭhā́bhyām
पृष्ठेभ्यः
pṛṣṭhébhyaḥ
Ablative पृष्ठात्
pṛṣṭhā́t
पृष्ठाभ्याम्
pṛṣṭhā́bhyām
पृष्ठेभ्यः
pṛṣṭhébhyaḥ
Genitive पृष्ठस्य
pṛṣṭhásya
पृष्ठयोः
pṛṣṭháyoḥ
पृष्ठानाम्
pṛṣṭhā́nām
Locative पृष्ठे
pṛṣṭhé
पृष्ठयोः
pṛṣṭháyoḥ
पृष्ठेषु
pṛṣṭhéṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

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References

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  • Monier Williams (1899) “पृष्ठ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 647/3.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 165-6
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “prstha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 474

Further reading

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  • Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “pṛṣṭha”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.