prana

From Sanskrit प्राण (prāṇa, “breath; life”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɑːnə/
• Rhymes: -ɑːnə

prana (countable and uncountable, plural pranas)

1. (Hinduism, yoga) Respiration, breathing, seen as a life principle or life force. [from 18th c.]
   • 1919, Swami Paramananda, transl., The Upanishads:

     He it is who sends the (in-coming) Prana (life-breath) upward and throws the (out-going) breath downward.

   • 1919, Swami Paramananda, transl., The Upanishads:

     He who knows Aditi, who rises with Prana (the Life Principle), existent in all the Devas.

   • 1919, Swami Paramananda, transl., The Upanishads:

     May my limbs, speech, Prana (life-force), sight, hearing, strength and all my senses, gain in vigor.

• pranic

• Rapan

From Sanskrit प्राण (prāṇa, “breath, life”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpra.na/
• Rhymes: -ana
• Hyphenation: prà‧na

prana m (invariable)

1. prana

• prana in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

prana

1. to wait for
2. to ambush

• Paul Jen-kuei Li (李壬癸), Shigeru Tsuchida (土田滋) (2006) Kavalan Dictionary (噶瑪蘭語詞典) (Language and Linguistics Monograph Series; A-19)‎^[1], Taipei, Taiwan: Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica, page 248

• IPA^(key): /ˈprana/

prana

1. feminine nominative singular of prany

• IPA^(key): /ˈpra.na/

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• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: pra‧na

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit प्राण (prāṇa).

prana f

1. (Hinduism) prana

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

prana

1. feminine nominative/vocative singular of prany

• prana in Polish dictionaries at PWN

From earlier *plana, from Latin plāna.

prana

1. plane (tool)

prana (Cyrillic spelling прана)

1. inflection of prati:
   1. feminine singular passive past participle
   2. neuter plural passive past participle

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɾana/ [ˈpɾa.na]
• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: pra‧na

prana m (uncountable)

1. (Hinduism) prana

• “prana”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024