प्रसार

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit प्रसार (prasāra), related to पंसारी (pansārī). See also पसार (pasār).

Noun

प्रसार • (prasār) m (Urdu spelling پرسار)

1. emission, broadcast
2. extension, expansion

Declension

Declension of प्रसार (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	प्रसार prasār	प्रसार prasār
oblique	प्रसार prasār	प्रसारों prasārõ
vocative	प्रसार prasār	प्रसारो prasāro

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “prasāra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• প্ৰসাৰ (Assamese script)
• ᬧ᭄ᬭᬲᬵᬭ (Balinese script)
• প্রসার (Bengali script)
• 𑰢𑰿𑰨𑰭𑰯𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀧𑁆𑀭𑀲𑀸𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• ပြသာရ (Burmese script)
• પ્રસાર (Gujarati script)
• ਪ੍ਰਸਾਰ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌸𑌾𑌰 (Grantha script)
• ꦥꦿꦱꦴꦫ (Javanese script)
• 𑂣𑂹𑂩𑂮𑂰𑂩 (Kaithi script)
• ಪ್ರಸಾರ (Kannada script)
• ប្រសារ (Khmer script)
• ປ຺ຣສາຣ (Lao script)
• പ്രസാര (Malayalam script)
• ᢒᡵᠠᠰ᠌ᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘢𑘿𑘨𑘭𑘰𑘨 (Modi script)
• ᢒᠷᠠᠰᠠᢗᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧂𑧠𑧈𑧍𑧑𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐥𑑂𑐬𑐳𑐵𑐬 (Newa script)
• ପ୍ରସାର (Odia script)
• ꢦ꣄ꢬꢱꢵꢬ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆥𑇀𑆫𑆱𑆳𑆫 (Sharada script)
• 𑖢𑖿𑖨𑖭𑖯𑖨 (Siddham script)
• ප්‍රසාර (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩰 𑪙𑩼𑪁𑩛𑩼 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚞𑚶𑚤𑚨𑚭𑚤 (Takri script)
• ப்ரஸார (Tamil script)
• ప్రసార (Telugu script)
• ปฺรสาร (Thai script)
• པྲ་སཱ་ར (Tibetan script)
• 𑒣𑓂𑒩𑒮𑒰𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨞𑩇𑨫𑨰𑨊𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

प्र- (pra-) +‎ सार (sāra). The resulting verb thereof is प्रसरति (prasarati, “to extend, stretch”)

Noun

प्रसार • (prasāra) stem, m

1. spreading or stretching out, extension
2. a trader's shop

Derived terms

• प्रसरण (prasaraṇa, “currency”)
• प्रसारण (prasāraṇa, “augmentation, increase”)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “प्रसार”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0698.