पाषाण

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit पाषाण (pāṣāṇa).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /pɑː.ʂɑːɳ/, [päː.ʃä̃ːɳ]

Noun

पाषाण • (pāṣāṇ) m

1. (chiefly in compounds) stone, rock

   Synonym: पत्थर (patthar)

   पाषाण हृदय का ― pāṣāṇ hŕday kā ― hard-hearted (literally, “having stony heart”)

Declension

Declension of पाषाण (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	पाषाण pāṣāṇ	पाषाण pāṣāṇ
oblique	पाषाण pāṣāṇ	पाषाणों pāṣāṇõ
vocative	पाषाण pāṣāṇ	पाषाणो pāṣāṇo

Derived terms

• पाषाण युग (pāṣāṇ yug, “Stone Age”)
• नवपाषाण (navpāṣāṇ, “Neolithic”)
• नवपाषाण युग (navpāṣāṇ yug, “the Neolithic, New Stone Age”)

Proper noun

पाषाण • (pāṣāṇ) m

1. Pashan (a neighbourhood of Pune, Maharashtra, India)

Declension

Declension of पाषाण (sg-only masc cons-stem)

	singular
direct	पाषाण pāṣāṇ
oblique	पाषाण pāṣāṇ
vocative	पाषाण pāṣāṇ

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “पाषाण”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit पाषाण (pāṣāṇa).

Pronunciation

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Noun

पाषाण • (pāṣāṇ) m

1. stone, rock

Derived terms

• पाषाण युग (pāṣāṇ yug, “Stone Age”)

Proper noun

पाषाण • (pāṣāṇ) m

1. Pashan (a neighbourhood of Pune, Maharashtra, India)

References

• Berntsen, Maxine, “पाषाण”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “पाषाण”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “पाषाण”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• পাষাণ (Assamese script)
• ᬧᬵᬱᬵᬡ (Balinese script)
• পাষাণ (Bengali script)
• 𑰢𑰯𑰬𑰯𑰜 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀧𑀸𑀱𑀸𑀡 (Brahmi script)
• ပါၑာဏ (Burmese script)
• પાષાણ (Gujarati script)
• ਪਾਸ਼ਾਣ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌪𑌾𑌷𑌾𑌣 (Grantha script)
• ꦥꦴꦰꦴꦟ (Javanese script)
• 𑂣𑂰𑂭𑂰𑂝 (Kaithi script)
• ಪಾಷಾಣ (Kannada script)
• បាឞាណ (Khmer script)
• ປາຩາຓ (Lao script)
• പാഷാണ (Malayalam script)
• ᢒᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢢᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢏᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘢𑘰𑘬𑘰𑘜 (Modi script)
• ᢒᠠᢗᢔᠠᢗᢏᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧂𑧑𑧌𑧑𑦼 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐥𑐵𑐲𑐵𑐞 (Newa script)
• ପାଷାଣ (Odia script)
• ꢦꢵꢰꢵꢠ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆥𑆳𑆰𑆳𑆟 (Sharada script)
• 𑖢𑖯𑖬𑖯𑖜 (Siddham script)
• පාෂාණ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩰𑩛𑪀𑩛𑩪 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚞𑚭𑚭𑚘 (Takri script)
• பாஷாண (Tamil script)
• పాషాణ (Telugu script)
• ปาษาณ (Thai script)
• པཱ་ཥཱ་ཎ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒣𑒰𑒭𑒰𑒝 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨞𑨊𑨯𑨊𑨘 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From an extension of Proto-Indo-Iranian *parš, from Proto-Indo-European *pels- (“rock, cliff”). Doublet of पाषी (pāṣī). Cognate with Prasuni Uṣǘt, Pashto پرښه (parṣ̌a), Proto-Celtic *ɸallo- (whence Irish aill), and Proto-Germanic *falisaz.

Noun

पाषाण • (pāṣāṇa) stem, m

1. stone, rock

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of पाषाण (pāṣāṇa)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	पाषाणः pāṣāṇaḥ	पाषाणौ / पाषाणा¹ pāṣāṇau / pāṣāṇā¹	पाषाणाः / पाषाणासः¹ pāṣāṇāḥ / pāṣāṇāsaḥ¹
Vocative	पाषाण pāṣāṇa	पाषाणौ / पाषाणा¹ pāṣāṇau / pāṣāṇā¹	पाषाणाः / पाषाणासः¹ pāṣāṇāḥ / pāṣāṇāsaḥ¹
Accusative	पाषाणम् pāṣāṇam	पाषाणौ / पाषाणा¹ pāṣāṇau / pāṣāṇā¹	पाषाणान् pāṣāṇān
Instrumental	पाषाणेन pāṣāṇena	पाषाणाभ्याम् pāṣāṇābhyām	पाषाणैः / पाषाणेभिः¹ pāṣāṇaiḥ / pāṣāṇebhiḥ¹
Dative	पाषाणाय pāṣāṇāya	पाषाणाभ्याम् pāṣāṇābhyām	पाषाणेभ्यः pāṣāṇebhyaḥ
Ablative	पाषाणात् pāṣāṇāt	पाषाणाभ्याम् pāṣāṇābhyām	पाषाणेभ्यः pāṣāṇebhyaḥ
Genitive	पाषाणस्य pāṣāṇasya	पाषाणयोः pāṣāṇayoḥ	पाषाणानाम् pāṣāṇānām
Locative	पाषाणे pāṣāṇe	पाषाणयोः pāṣāṇayoḥ	पाषाणेषु pāṣāṇeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Pali: pāsāṇa
• Prakrit: 𑀧𑀸𑀲𑀸𑀡 (pāsāṇa), 𑀧𑀸𑀳​̄𑀡 (pāha​̄ṇa)
  • Punjabi: ਪਖਾਣ (pakhāṇa)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “पाषाण”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 624/1.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 125-126
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 266