पराह्ण

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• পৰাহ্ণ (Assamese script)
• ᬧᬭᬵᬳ᭄ᬡ (Balinese script)
• পরাহ্ণ (Bengali script)
• 𑰢𑰨𑰯𑰮𑰿𑰜 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀧𑀭𑀸𑀳𑁆𑀡 (Brahmi script)
• ပရာဟ္ဏ (Burmese script)
• પરાહ્ણ (Gujarati script)
• ਪਰਾਹ੍ਣ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌪𑌰𑌾𑌹𑍍𑌣 (Grantha script)
• ꦥꦫꦴꦲ꧀ꦟ (Javanese script)
• 𑂣𑂩𑂰𑂯𑂹𑂝 (Kaithi script)
• ಪರಾಹ್ಣ (Kannada script)
• បរាហ្ណ (Khmer script)
• ປຣາຫ຺ຓ (Lao script)
• പരാഹ്ണ (Malayalam script)
• ᢒᠠᡵᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡥᢏᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘢𑘨𑘰𑘮𑘿𑘜 (Modi script)
• ᢒᠠᠷᠠᢗᠾᢏᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧂𑧈𑧑𑧎𑧠𑦼 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐥𑐬𑐵𑐴𑑂𑐞 (Newa script)
• ପରାହ୍ଣ (Odia script)
• ꢦꢬꢵꢲ꣄ꢠ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆥𑆫𑆳𑆲𑇀𑆟 (Sharada script)
• 𑖢𑖨𑖯𑖮𑖿𑖜 (Siddham script)
• පරාහ‍්ණ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩰𑩼𑩛𑪂 𑪙𑩪 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚞𑚤𑚭𑚩𑚶𑚘 (Takri script)
• பராஹ்ண (Tamil script)
• పరాహ్ణ (Telugu script)
• ปราหฺณ (Thai script)
• པ་རཱ་ཧྞ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒣𑒩𑒰𑒯𑓂𑒝 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨞𑨫𑨊𑨱𑩇𑨘 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Karmadhāraya compound of परा- (para, “after”) +‎ अह्न (ahna, “day”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɐ.ɾɑːɦ.ɳɐ́/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /pɐˈɾɑːɦ.ɳɐ/

Noun

पराह्ण • (parāhṇa) stem, m

1. latter part of the day; afternoon

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of पराह्ण (parāhṇa)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	पराह्णः parāhṇaḥ	पराह्णौ / पराह्णा¹ parāhṇau / parāhṇā¹	पराह्णाः / पराह्णासः¹ parāhṇāḥ / parāhṇāsaḥ¹
Vocative	पराह्ण parāhṇa	पराह्णौ / पराह्णा¹ parāhṇau / parāhṇā¹	पराह्णाः / पराह्णासः¹ parāhṇāḥ / parāhṇāsaḥ¹
Accusative	पराह्णम् parāhṇam	पराह्णौ / पराह्णा¹ parāhṇau / parāhṇā¹	पराह्णान् parāhṇān
Instrumental	पराह्णेन parāhṇena	पराह्णाभ्याम् parāhṇābhyām	पराह्णैः / पराह्णेभिः¹ parāhṇaiḥ / parāhṇebhiḥ¹
Dative	पराह्णाय parāhṇāya	पराह्णाभ्याम् parāhṇābhyām	पराह्णेभ्यः parāhṇebhyaḥ
Ablative	पराह्णात् parāhṇāt	पराह्णाभ्याम् parāhṇābhyām	पराह्णेभ्यः parāhṇebhyaḥ
Genitive	पराह्णस्य parāhṇasya	पराह्णयोः parāhṇayoḥ	पराह्णानाम् parāhṇānām
Locative	पराह्णे parāhṇe	पराह्णयोः parāhṇayoḥ	पराह्णेषु parāhṇeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “पराह्ण”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 588.
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “parāhṇa”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
• Arthur Berriedale Keith, Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1912) “parāhṇa”, in Vedic index of names and subjects, volume 2, London: John Murray, Albemarle Street, W. [Published for the Government of India], →OCLC