प्रहर
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- প্ৰহৰ (Assamese script)
- ᬧ᭄ᬭᬳᬭ (Balinese script)
- প্রহর (Bengali script)
- 𑰢𑰿𑰨𑰮𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀧𑁆𑀭𑀳𑀭 (Brahmi script)
- ပြဟရ (Burmese script)
- પ્રહર (Gujarati script)
- ਪ੍ਰਹਰ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌹𑌰 (Grantha script)
- ꦥꦿꦲꦫ (Javanese script)
- 𑂣𑂹𑂩𑂯𑂩 (Kaithi script)
- ಪ್ರಹರ (Kannada script)
- ប្រហរ (Khmer script)
- ປ຺ຣຫຣ (Lao script)
- പ്രഹര (Malayalam script)
- ᢒᡵᠠᡥᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘢𑘿𑘨𑘮𑘨 (Modi script)
- ᢒᠷᠠᠾᠠᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧂𑧠𑧈𑧎𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐥𑑂𑐬𑐴𑐬 (Newa script)
- ପ୍ରହର (Odia script)
- ꢦ꣄ꢬꢲꢬ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆥𑇀𑆫𑆲𑆫 (Sharada script)
- 𑖢𑖿𑖨𑖮𑖨 (Siddham script)
- ප්රහර (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩰 𑪙𑩼𑪂𑩼 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚞𑚶𑚤𑚩𑚤 (Takri script)
- ப்ரஹர (Tamil script)
- ప్రహర (Telugu script)
- ปฺรหร (Thai script)
- པྲ་ཧ་ར (Tibetan script)
- 𑒣𑓂𑒩𑒯𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨞𑩇𑨫𑨱𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Compound of प्र- (pra-, “forwards”) + हर (hara, “taking, receiving”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /pɾɐ.ɦɐ.ɾɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /pɾɐ.ɦɐ.ɾɐ/
Noun
प्रहर • (prahara) stem, m
- a division of time (about 3 hours = 6 or 7 Nāḍikās; lit. ‘stroke’, scil. on a gong)
- the 8th part of a day, a watch
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | प्रहरः (praharaḥ) | प्रहरौ (praharau) प्रहरा¹ (praharā¹) |
प्रहराः (praharāḥ) प्रहरासः¹ (praharāsaḥ¹) |
| accusative | प्रहरम् (praharam) | प्रहरौ (praharau) प्रहरा¹ (praharā¹) |
प्रहरान् (praharān) |
| instrumental | प्रहरेण (prahareṇa) | प्रहराभ्याम् (praharābhyām) | प्रहरैः (praharaiḥ) प्रहरेभिः¹ (praharebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | प्रहराय (praharāya) | प्रहराभ्याम् (praharābhyām) | प्रहरेभ्यः (praharebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | प्रहरात् (praharāt) | प्रहराभ्याम् (praharābhyām) | प्रहरेभ्यः (praharebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | प्रहरस्य (praharasya) | प्रहरयोः (praharayoḥ) | प्रहराणाम् (praharāṇām) |
| locative | प्रहरे (prahare) | प्रहरयोः (praharayoḥ) | प्रहरेषु (prahareṣu) |
| vocative | प्रहर (prahara) | प्रहरौ (praharau) प्रहरा¹ (praharā¹) |
प्रहराः (praharāḥ) प्रहरासः¹ (praharāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
- Dardic:
- Central Indo-Aryan:
- Eastern Indo-Aryan:
- Insular Indo-Aryan:
- Dhivehi: ފަހަރު (faharu)
- Northern Indo-Aryan:
- Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
- Punjabi: pahar, pauhar
- Gurmukhi script: ਪਹਰ, ਪੌਹਰ
- Shahmukhi script: پَہَر, پَوہَر
- Sindhi: paharu
- Arabic script: پَهَرُ
- Devanagari script: पहरु
- Punjabi: pahar, pauhar
- Southern Indo-Aryan:
- Marathi: पहार (pahār), पार (pār)
- Western Indo-Aryan:
- Gujarati: પહોર (pahŏr), પોહોર (pŏhŏr), પોર (pŏr)
- Marwari: पोर (por)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “प्रहर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 700/3, 701/1.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “prahara”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press