प्रतीक्षा

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit प्रतीक्षा (pratīkṣā).

Noun

प्रतीक्षा • (pratīkṣā) f

1. waiting, awaiting

   Synonym: इंतज़ार (intzār)

Declension

Declension of प्रतीक्षा (fem ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	प्रतीक्षा pratīkṣā	प्रतीक्षाएँ pratīkṣāẽ
oblique	प्रतीक्षा pratīkṣā	प्रतीक्षाओं pratīkṣāõ
vocative	प्रतीक्षा pratīkṣā	प्रतीक्षाओ pratīkṣāo

Derived terms

• प्रतीक्षा करना (pratīkṣā karnā)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• প্ৰতীক্ষা (Assamese script)
• ᬧ᭄ᬭᬢᬷᬓ᭄ᬱᬵ (Balinese script)
• প্রতীক্ষা (Bengali script)
• 𑰢𑰿𑰨𑰝𑰱𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀧𑁆𑀭𑀢𑀻𑀓𑁆𑀱𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ပြတီက္ၑာ (Burmese script)
• પ્રતીક્ષા (Gujarati script)
• ਪ੍ਰਤੀਕ੍ਸ਼ਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌤𑍀𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦥꦿꦠꦷꦏ꧀ꦰꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂣𑂹𑂩𑂞𑂲𑂍𑂹𑂭𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಪ್ರತೀಕ್ಷಾ (Kannada script)
• ប្រតីក្ឞា (Khmer script)
• ປ຺ຣຕີກ຺ຩາ (Lao script)
• പ്രതീക്ഷാ (Malayalam script)
• ᢒᡵᠠᢠᡳᡳᡬᢢᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘢𑘿𑘨𑘝𑘲𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᢒᠷᠠᢐᠢᠢᢉᢔᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧂𑧠𑧈𑦽𑧓𑦮𑧠𑧌𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐥𑑂𑐬𑐟𑐷𑐎𑑂𑐲𑐵 (Newa script)
• ପ୍ରତୀକ୍ଷା (Odia script)
• ꢦ꣄ꢬꢡꢷꢒ꣄ꢰꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆥𑇀𑆫𑆠𑆵𑆑𑇀𑆰𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖢𑖿𑖨𑖝𑖱𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖯 (Siddham script)
• ප්‍රතීක්‍ෂා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩰 𑪙𑩼𑩫𑩑𑩛𑩜 𑪙𑪀𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚞𑚶𑚤𑚙𑚯𑚊𑚶𑚭 (Takri script)
• ப்ரதீக்ஷா (Tamil script)
• ప్రతీక్షా (Telugu script)
• ปฺรตีกฺษา (Thai script)
• པྲ་ཏཱི་ཀྵཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒣𑓂𑒩𑒞𑒲𑒏𑓂𑒭𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨞𑩇𑨫𑨙𑨁𑨊𑨋𑩇𑨯𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From प्रति (prati, “towards”) +‎ ईक्ष् (īkṣ, “to see”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɾɐ.tiːk.ʂɑː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /pɾɐ.t̪iːk.ʂɑː/

Noun

प्रतीक्षा • (pratīkṣā) stem, f

1. expectation, consideration, respect, attention
2. regard, veneration

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of प्रतीक्षा

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	प्रतीक्षा (pratīkṣā)	प्रतीक्षे (pratīkṣe)	प्रतीक्षाः (pratīkṣāḥ)
accusative	प्रतीक्षाम् (pratīkṣām)	प्रतीक्षे (pratīkṣe)	प्रतीक्षाः (pratīkṣāḥ)
instrumental	प्रतीक्षया (pratīkṣayā) प्रतीक्षा¹ (pratīkṣā¹)	प्रतीक्षाभ्याम् (pratīkṣābhyām)	प्रतीक्षाभिः (pratīkṣābhiḥ)
dative	प्रतीक्षायै (pratīkṣāyai)	प्रतीक्षाभ्याम् (pratīkṣābhyām)	प्रतीक्षाभ्यः (pratīkṣābhyaḥ)
ablative	प्रतीक्षायाः (pratīkṣāyāḥ) प्रतीक्षायै² (pratīkṣāyai²)	प्रतीक्षाभ्याम् (pratīkṣābhyām)	प्रतीक्षाभ्यः (pratīkṣābhyaḥ)
genitive	प्रतीक्षायाः (pratīkṣāyāḥ) प्रतीक्षायै² (pratīkṣāyai²)	प्रतीक्षयोः (pratīkṣayoḥ)	प्रतीक्षाणाम् (pratīkṣāṇām)
locative	प्रतीक्षायाम् (pratīkṣāyām)	प्रतीक्षयोः (pratīkṣayoḥ)	प्रतीक्षासु (pratīkṣāsu)
vocative	प्रतीक्षे (pratīkṣe)	प्रतीक्षे (pratīkṣe)	प्रतीक्षाः (pratīkṣāḥ)

• ¹Vedic
• ²Brāhmaṇas

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “प्रतीक्षा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0673.