प्रताप
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit प्रताप (pratāpa).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /pɾə.t̪ɑːp/, [pɾɐ.t̪äːp]
Noun
प्रताप • (pratāp) m
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | प्रताप pratāp |
प्रताप pratāp |
| oblique | प्रताप pratāp |
प्रतापों pratāpõ |
| vocative | प्रताप pratāp |
प्रतापो pratāpo |
Derived terms
- प्रतापी (pratāpī)
References
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “प्रताप”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “प्रताप”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Sanskrit
Etymology
From प्र- (pra-) and ताप (tāpa), lit. 'bringing heat forth'.
Noun
प्रताप • (pratāpa) stem, m
- bonanza
- opulence, prosperity, wealth
- warmer, heat-giver
- scorcher
- :
- विश्वं प्रतापयति यस्सवित्रादि विभूतिभिः
स श्रीविष्णुः प्रतापन इति संकीर्यते बुधैः- viśvaṃ pratāpayati yassavitrādi vibhūtibhiḥ
sa śrīviṣṇuḥ pratāpana iti saṃkīryate budhaiḥ - Scorcher of worlds, mighty tormenter and frighter:
That is why Lord Vishnu is known as Pratāpa (ie, scorcher)
- viśvaṃ pratāpayati yassavitrādi vibhūtibhiḥ
- विश्वं प्रतापयति यस्सवित्रादि विभूतिभिः
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | प्रतापः (pratāpaḥ) | प्रतापौ (pratāpau) | प्रतापाः (pratāpāḥ) |
| accusative | प्रतापम् (pratāpam) | प्रतापौ (pratāpau) | प्रतापान् (pratāpān) |
| instrumental | प्रतापेण (pratāpeṇa) | प्रतापाभ्याम् (pratāpābhyām) | प्रतापैः (pratāpaiḥ) |
| dative | प्रतापाय (pratāpāya) | प्रतापाभ्याम् (pratāpābhyām) | प्रतापेभ्यः (pratāpebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | प्रतापात् (pratāpāt) | प्रतापाभ्याम् (pratāpābhyām) | प्रतापेभ्यः (pratāpebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | प्रतापस्य (pratāpasya) | प्रतापयोः (pratāpayoḥ) | प्रतापाणाम् (pratāpāṇām) |
| locative | प्रतापे (pratāpe) | प्रतापयोः (pratāpayoḥ) | प्रतापेषु (pratāpeṣu) |
| vocative | प्रताप (pratāpa) | प्रतापौ (pratāpau) | प्रतापाः (pratāpāḥ) |
Synonyms
Descendants
See also
- प्रतापयति (pratāpayati, “to blaze, to irradiate, to heat”)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “प्रताप”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 661.