प्रलय
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit प्रलय (pralaya).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /pɾə.ləj/, [pɾɐ.lɐj], /pɾə.lɛː/, [pɾɐ.lɛː]
Noun
प्रलय • (pralay) m
- (Hinduism) pralaya: the periodic destruction of the lower 10 realms
- apocalypse; destruction, annihilation
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | प्रलय pralay |
प्रलय pralay |
| oblique | प्रलय pralay |
प्रलयों pralayõ |
| vocative | प्रलय pralay |
प्रलयो pralayo |
Derived terms
- महाप्रलय (mahāpralay)
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “प्रलय”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press