प्राण

Hindi

Etymology

From Sanskrit प्राण (prāṇa).

Pronunciation

• IPA: [praːɳ]

Noun

प्राण • (prāṇ) m, Urdu spelling پران

1. vitality, life, spirit, animation

   उसका शरीर में कोई प्राण नहीं है।

   No life is left in his body.

Synonyms

• जान (jān)
• दम (dam)

References

• Platts, John T. A dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi, and English Oxford. 1884.

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Sanskrit

Noun

प्राण (prāṇa) m

1. breath, respiration
2. the breath of life, vitality, life, vital air (usually plural in this sense)
3. the first of the five life-winds or vital airs, which has its seat in the lungs (the other four being अपान, समान, व्यान and उदान)
4. wind, inhaled air
5. energy, vigor, strength, power (as in प्राणसार)
6. the spirit or soul (as opposed to शरीर)
7. The Supreme Spirit (see आत्मन्)

Declension

    Masculine a-stem declension of प्राण

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	प्राणः (prāṇaḥ)	प्राणौ (prāṇau)	प्राणाः (prāṇāḥ)
Vocative	प्राण (prāṇa)	प्राणौ (prāṇau)	प्राणाः (prāṇāḥ)
Accusative	प्राणम् (prāṇam)	प्राणौ (prāṇau)	प्राणान् (prāṇān)
Instrumental	प्राणेन (prāṇena)	प्राणाभ्याम् (prāṇābhyām)	प्राणैः (prāṇaiḥ)
Dative	प्राणाय (prāṇāya)	प्राणाभ्याम् (prāṇābhyām)	प्राणेभ्यः (prāṇebhyaḥ)
Ablative	प्राणात् (prāṇāt)	प्राणाभ्याम् (prāṇābhyām)	प्राणेभ्यः (prāṇebhyaḥ)
Genitive	प्राणस्य (prāṇasya)	प्राणयोः (prāṇayoḥ)	प्राणानाम् (prāṇānām)
Locative	प्राणे (prāṇe)	प्राणयोः (prāṇayoḥ)	प्राणेषु (prāṇeṣu)