पाषाण

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit पाषाण (pāṣāṇa).

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /pɑː.ʂɑːɳ/, [päː.ʃä̃ːɳ]

Noun

पाषाण • (pāṣāṇ) m

(chiefly in compounds) stone, rock
Synonym: पत्थर (patthar)

पाषाण हृदय का ― pāṣāṇ hŕday kā ― hard-hearted (literally, “having stony heart”)

Declension

Declension of *पाषाण* (masc cons-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	पाषाण pāṣāṇ	पाषाण pāṣāṇ
oblique	पाषाण pāṣāṇ	पाषाणों pāṣāṇõ
vocative	पाषाण pāṣāṇ	पाषाणो pāṣāṇo

Derived terms

पाषाण युग (pāṣāṇ yug, “Stone Age”)
नवपाषाण (navpāṣāṇ, “Neolithic”)
नवपाषाण युग (navpāṣāṇ yug, “the Neolithic, New Stone Age”)

Proper noun

पाषाण • (pāṣāṇ) m

Pashan (a neighbourhood of Pune, Maharashtra, India)

Declension

Declension of *पाषाण* (sg-only masc cons-stem)
	singular
direct	पाषाण pāṣāṇ
oblique	पाषाण pāṣāṇ
vocative	पाषाण pāṣāṇ

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “पाषाण”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit पाषाण (pāṣāṇa).

Pronunciation

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Noun

पाषाण • (pāṣāṇ) m

stone, rock

Derived terms

पाषाण युग (pāṣāṇ yug, “Stone Age”)

Proper noun

पाषाण • (pāṣāṇ) m

Pashan (a neighbourhood of Pune, Maharashtra, India)

References

Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “पाषाण”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “पाषाण”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “पाषाण”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

পাষাণ (Assamese script)
ᬧᬵᬱᬵᬡ (Balinese script)
পাষাণ (Bengali script)
𑰢𑰯𑰬𑰯𑰜 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀧𑀸𑀱𑀸𑀡 (Brahmi script)
ပါၑာဏ (Burmese script)
પાષાણ (Gujarati script)
ਪਾਸ਼ਾਣ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌪𑌾𑌷𑌾𑌣 (Grantha script)
ꦥꦴꦰꦴꦟ (Javanese script)
𑂣𑂰𑂭𑂰𑂝 (Kaithi script)
ಪಾಷಾಣ (Kannada script)
បាឞាណ (Khmer script)
ປາຩາຓ (Lao script)
പാഷാണ (Malayalam script)
ᢒᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢢᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢏᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘢𑘰𑘬𑘰𑘜 (Modi script)
ᢒᠠᢗᢔᠠᢗᢏᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑧂𑧑𑧌𑧑𑦼 (Nandinagari script)
𑐥𑐵𑐲𑐵𑐞 (Newa script)
ପାଷାଣ (Odia script)
ꢦꢵꢰꢵꢠ (Saurashtra script)
𑆥𑆳𑆰𑆳𑆟 (Sharada script)
𑖢𑖯𑖬𑖯𑖜 (Siddham script)
පාෂාණ (Sinhalese script)
𑩰𑩛𑪀𑩛𑩪 (Soyombo script)
𑚞𑚭𑚭𑚘 (Takri script)
பாஷாண (Tamil script)
పాషాణ (Telugu script)
ปาษาณ (Thai script)
པཱ་ཥཱ་ཎ (Tibetan script)
𑒣𑒰𑒭𑒰𑒝 (Tirhuta script)
𑨞𑨊𑨯𑨊𑨘 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From an extension of Proto-Indo-Iranian *parš, from Proto-Indo-European *pels- (“rock, cliff”). Doublet of पाषी (pāṣī). Cognate with Prasuni Uṣǘt, Pashto پرښه (parṣ̌a), Proto-Celtic *ɸallom (whence Irish aill), and Proto-Germanic *falisaz.

Noun

पाषाण • (pāṣāṇa) stem, m

stone, rock

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of पाषाण
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	पाषाणः (pāṣāṇaḥ)	पाषाणौ (pāṣāṇau) पाषाणा¹ (pāṣāṇā¹)	पाषाणाः (pāṣāṇāḥ) पाषाणासः¹ (pāṣāṇāsaḥ¹)
accusative	पाषाणम् (pāṣāṇam)	पाषाणौ (pāṣāṇau) पाषाणा¹ (pāṣāṇā¹)	पाषाणान् (pāṣāṇān)
instrumental	पाषाणेन (pāṣāṇena)	पाषाणाभ्याम् (pāṣāṇābhyām)	पाषाणैः (pāṣāṇaiḥ) पाषाणेभिः¹ (pāṣāṇebhiḥ¹)
dative	पाषाणाय (pāṣāṇāya)	पाषाणाभ्याम् (pāṣāṇābhyām)	पाषाणेभ्यः (pāṣāṇebhyaḥ)
ablative	पाषाणात् (pāṣāṇāt)	पाषाणाभ्याम् (pāṣāṇābhyām)	पाषाणेभ्यः (pāṣāṇebhyaḥ)
genitive	पाषाणस्य (pāṣāṇasya)	पाषाणयोः (pāṣāṇayoḥ)	पाषाणानाम् (pāṣāṇānām)
locative	पाषाणे (pāṣāṇe)	पाषाणयोः (pāṣāṇayoḥ)	पाषाणेषु (pāṣāṇeṣu)
vocative	पाषाण (pāṣāṇa)	पाषाणौ (pāṣāṇau) पाषाणा¹ (pāṣāṇā¹)	पाषाणाः (pāṣāṇāḥ) पाषाणासः¹ (pāṣāṇāsaḥ¹)

¹Vedic

Descendants

Pali: pāsāṇa
Prakrit: 𑀧𑀸𑀲𑀸𑀡 (pāsāṇa), 𑀧𑀸𑀳̄𑀡 (pāhāṇa)
- Punjabi: ਪਖਾਣ (pakhāṇa)

References

Monier Williams (1899) “पाषाण”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 624/1.
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 125-126
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎^[2] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 266