पुरुष
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Hindi [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Sanskrit पुरुष (puruṣa).
Noun [edit]
पुरुष • (puruṣ) m, Urdu spelling پرش
- man, male
- यह स्नानघर केवल पुरुषों के लिए है।
- This bathroom is for men only.
- पुरुष की तरह लड़ो!
- Fight like a man!
- person
- अनेक पुरुष भवन के बाहर हैं।
- Many persons are outside the building.
Synonyms [edit]
Antonyms [edit]
- स्त्री (strī)
References [edit]
- McGregor, R.S, ed. The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, Oxford university press. 1993
- Platts, John Thompson. A dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi, and English London: W. H. Allen & Co., 1884. [1]
Sanskrit [edit]
Noun [edit]
पुरुष (púruṣa) m
- man, male, human being
- person, officer, functionary, attendant, servant
- friend
- a follower of the sāṃkhya Philosophy
- a member or representative of a race or generation
- the height or measure of a man
- the pupil of the eye
- the primaeval man as the soul and original source of the universe
- the personal and animating principle in men and other beings, the soul or spirit
- the Supreme Being or Soul of the universe
- the Spirit as passive and a spectator of the prakṛti or creative force
- the "spirit" or fragrant exhalation of plants
- name of the divine or active principles from the minute portions of which the universe was formed
- name of a pāda in the Maha-namni verses
- name of the 1st, 3rd, 5th, 7th, 9th and 11th signs of the zodiac
- name of a son of manu cākṣuṣa
- name of one of the 18 attendants of the sun L.
- name of the Brahmans of [Kraun5ca-dvi1pa] BhP.
- Rottleria Tinctoria
- Clerodendrum Phlomoides
Declension [edit]
Masculine a-stem declension of पुरुष
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | पुरुषः (púruṣaḥ) | पुरुषौ (púruṣau) | पुरुषाः (púruṣāḥ) |
| Vocative | पुरुष (púruṣa) | पुरुषौ (púruṣau) | पुरुषाः (púruṣāḥ) |
| Accusative | पुरुषम् (púruṣam) | पुरुषौ (púruṣau) | पुरुषान् (púruṣān) |
| Instrumental | पुरुषेण (púruṣeṇa) | पुरुषाभ्याम् (púruṣābhyām) | पुरुषैः (púruṣaiḥ) |
| Dative | पुरुषाय (púruṣāya) | पुरुषाभ्याम् (púruṣābhyām) | पुरुषेभ्यः (púruṣebhyaḥ) |
| Ablative | पुरुषात् (púruṣāt) | पुरुषाभ्याम् (púruṣābhyām) | पुरुषेभ्यः (púruṣebhyaḥ) |
| Genitive | पुरुषस्य (púruṣasya) | पुरुषयोः (púruṣayoḥ) | पुरुषाणाम् (púruṣāṇām) |
| Locative | पुरुषे (púruṣe) | पुरुषयोः (púruṣayoḥ) | पुरुषेषु (púruṣeṣu) |
Descendants [edit]
References [edit]
- Cappeller, Carl A Sanskrit-English dictionary Bostin, Ginn and Co., 1891.
