प्रशंसा
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit प्रशंसा (praśaṃsā).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /pɾə.ʃən.sɑː/, [pɾɐ.ʃɐ̃n.säː]
Noun
प्रशंसा • (praśansā) f (Urdu spelling پرشنسا)
- praise, approval, commendation
- Synonym: तारीफ़ (tārīf)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | प्रशंसा praśansā |
प्रशंसाएँ praśansāẽ |
| oblique | प्रशंसा praśansā |
प्रशंसाओं praśansāõ |
| vocative | प्रशंसा praśansā |
प्रशंसाओ praśansāo |
Related terms
- प्रशंसक (praśansak)
- प्रशंसन (praśansan)
- प्रशंसनीय (praśansnīya)
- प्रशंसित (praśansit)
- प्रशंसी (praśansī)
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “प्रशंसा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 665
Marathi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit प्रशंसा (praśaṃsā).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɾəɕ.əu.sa/
Noun
प्रशंसा • (praśausā) f
- appreciation, praise
- Synonym: कौतुक (kautuk)
Declension
| Declension of प्रशंसा (fem ā-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| direct singular |
प्रशंसा praśausā | ||
| direct plural |
प्रशंसा praśausā | ||
| singular एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन | ||
| nominative प्रथमा |
प्रशंसा praśausā |
प्रशंसा praśausā | |
| oblique सामान्यरूप |
प्रशंसे praśause |
प्रशंसां- praśausān- | |
| acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी |
प्रशंसेला praśauselā |
प्रशंसांना praśausānnā | |
| ergative | प्रशंसेने, प्रशंसेनं praśausene, praśausena |
प्रशंसांनी praśausānnī | |
| instrumental | प्रशंसेशी praśauseśī |
प्रशंसांशी praśausānśī | |
| locative सप्तमी |
प्रशंसेत praśauset |
प्रशंसांत praśausāt | |
| vocative संबोधन |
प्रशंसे praśause |
प्रशंसांनो praśausānno | |
| Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition. | |||
| Genitive declension of प्रशंसा (fem ā-stem) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म |
feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म |
neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म |
oblique सामान्यरूप | |||||
| singular एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन |
singular एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन |
singular* एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन |
|||
| singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता |
प्रशंसेचा praśauseċā |
प्रशंसेचे praśauseċe |
प्रशंसेची praśausecī |
प्रशंसेच्या praśausecā |
प्रशंसेचे, प्रशंसेचं praśauseċe, praśauseċa |
प्रशंसेची praśausecī |
प्रशंसेच्या praśausecā | |
| plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता |
प्रशंसांचा praśausānċā |
प्रशंसांचे praśausānċe |
प्रशंसांची praśausāñcī |
प्रशंसांच्या praśausāncā |
प्रशंसांचे, प्रशंसांचं praśausānċe, praśausānċa |
प्रशंसांची praśausāñcī |
प्रशंसांच्या praśausāñcā | |
| * Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition. | ||||||||
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- প্ৰশংসা (Assamese script)
- ᬧ᭄ᬭᬰᬂᬲᬵ (Balinese script)
- প্রশংসা (Bengali script)
- 𑰢𑰿𑰨𑰫𑰽𑰭𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀧𑁆𑀭𑀰𑀁𑀲𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- ပြၐံသာ (Burmese script)
- પ્રશંસા (Gujarati script)
- ਪ੍ਰਸ਼ਂਸਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌶𑌂𑌸𑌾 (Grantha script)
- ꦥꦿꦯꦁꦱꦴ (Javanese script)
- 𑂣𑂹𑂩𑂬𑂁𑂮𑂰 (Kaithi script)
- ಪ್ರಶಂಸಾ (Kannada script)
- ប្រឝំសា (Khmer script)
- ປ຺ຣຨໍສາ (Lao script)
- പ്രശംസാ (Malayalam script)
- ᢒᡵᠠᢀ᠋ᡧᠠᠰ᠌ᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- 𑘢𑘿𑘨𑘫𑘽𑘭𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᢒᠷᠠ᠋ᢀ᠋ᠱᠠᠰᠠ᠋ᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧂𑧠𑧈𑧋𑧞𑧍𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐥𑑂𑐬𑐱𑑄𑐳𑐵 (Newa script)
- ପ୍ରଶଂସା (Odia script)
- ꢦ꣄ꢬꢯꢀꢱꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆥𑇀𑆫𑆯𑆁𑆱𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖢𑖿𑖨𑖫𑖽𑖭𑖯 (Siddham script)
- ප්රශංසා (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩰 𑪙𑩼𑩿𑪖𑪁𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚞𑚶𑚤𑚧𑚫𑚨𑚭 (Takri script)
- ப்ரஶஂஸா (Tamil script)
- ప్రశంసా (Telugu script)
- ปฺรศํสา (Thai script)
- པྲ་ཤཾ་སཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒣𑓂𑒩𑒬𑓀𑒮𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨞𑩇𑨫𑨮𑨸𑨰𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
प्र- (pra-) + शंस् (śaṃs) + -आ (-ā), ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *ḱens-.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /pɾɐ.ɕɐ̃.sɑː/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /pɾɐ.ɕɐ̃.s̪ɑː/
Noun
प्रशंसा • (praśaṃsā) stem, f (root प्रशंस्)
- praise, commendation, fame, glory (with Buddhists one of the 8 worldly conditions)
- Dharmas
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | प्रशंसा (praśaṃsā) | प्रशंसे (praśaṃse) | प्रशंसाः (praśaṃsāḥ) |
| accusative | प्रशंसाम् (praśaṃsām) | प्रशंसे (praśaṃse) | प्रशंसाः (praśaṃsāḥ) |
| instrumental | प्रशंसया (praśaṃsayā) प्रशंसा¹ (praśaṃsā¹) |
प्रशंसाभ्याम् (praśaṃsābhyām) | प्रशंसाभिः (praśaṃsābhiḥ) |
| dative | प्रशंसायै (praśaṃsāyai) | प्रशंसाभ्याम् (praśaṃsābhyām) | प्रशंसाभ्यः (praśaṃsābhyaḥ) |
| ablative | प्रशंसायाः (praśaṃsāyāḥ) प्रशंसायै² (praśaṃsāyai²) |
प्रशंसाभ्याम् (praśaṃsābhyām) | प्रशंसाभ्यः (praśaṃsābhyaḥ) |
| genitive | प्रशंसायाः (praśaṃsāyāḥ) प्रशंसायै² (praśaṃsāyai²) |
प्रशंसयोः (praśaṃsayoḥ) | प्रशंसानाम् (praśaṃsānām) |
| locative | प्रशंसायाम् (praśaṃsāyām) | प्रशंसयोः (praśaṃsayoḥ) | प्रशंसासु (praśaṃsāsu) |
| vocative | प्रशंसे (praśaṃse) | प्रशंसे (praśaṃse) | प्रशंसाः (praśaṃsāḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
- ²Brāhmaṇas
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “प्रशंसा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 694.
Further reading
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “praśaṃsā”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.