प्रदूषण

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit प्रदूषण (pradūṣaṇa). Popularity may reflect a phono-semantic matching of English pollution.

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /pɾə.d̪uː.ʂəɳ/, [pɾɐ.d̪uː.ʃɐ̃ɳ]

Noun

प्रदूषण • (pradūṣaṇ) m

1. pollution
2. (dated) the act of destroying, killing

Declension

Declension of प्रदूषण (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	प्रदूषण pradūṣaṇ	प्रदूषण pradūṣaṇ
oblique	प्रदूषण pradūṣaṇ	प्रदूषणों pradūṣaṇõ
vocative	प्रदूषण pradūṣaṇ	प्रदूषणो pradūṣaṇo

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• প্ৰদূষণ (Assamese script)
• ᬧ᭄ᬭᬤᬹᬱᬡ (Balinese script)
• প্রদূষণ (Bengali script)
• 𑰢𑰿𑰨𑰟𑰳𑰬𑰜 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀧𑁆𑀭𑀤𑀽𑀱𑀡 (Brahmi script)
• ပြဒူၑဏ (Burmese script)
• પ્રદૂષણ (Gujarati script)
• ਪ੍ਰਦੂਸ਼ਣ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌦𑍂𑌷𑌣 (Grantha script)
• ꦥꦿꦢꦹꦰꦟ (Javanese script)
• 𑂣𑂹𑂩𑂠𑂴𑂭𑂝 (Kaithi script)
• ಪ್ರದೂಷಣ (Kannada script)
• ប្រទូឞណ (Khmer script)
• ປ຺ຣທູຩຓ (Lao script)
• പ്രദൂഷണ (Malayalam script)
• ᢒᡵᠠᡩᡠᡠᢢᠠᢏᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘢𑘿𑘨𑘟𑘴𑘬𑘜 (Modi script)
• ᢒᠷᠠᢑᠤᠤᢔᠠᢏᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧂𑧠𑧈𑦿𑧕𑧌𑦼 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐥𑑂𑐬𑐡𑐹𑐲𑐞 (Newa script)
• ପ୍ରଦୂଷଣ (Odia script)
• ꢦ꣄ꢬꢣꢹꢰꢠ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆥𑇀𑆫𑆢𑆷𑆰𑆟 (Sharada script)
• 𑖢𑖿𑖨𑖟𑖳𑖬𑖜 (Siddham script)
• ප්‍රදූෂණ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩰 𑪙𑩼𑩭𑩒𑩛𑪀𑩪 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚞𑚶𑚤𑚛𑚱𑚘 (Takri script)
• ப்ரதூ³ஷண (Tamil script)
• ప్రదూషణ (Telugu script)
• ปฺรทูษณ (Thai script)
• པྲ་དཱུ་ཥ་ཎ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒣𑓂𑒩𑒠𑒴𑒭𑒝 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨞𑩇𑨫𑨛𑨃𑨊𑨯𑨘 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

प्र- (pra-) +‎ दूषण (dūṣaṇa)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɾɐ.duː.ʂɐ.ɳɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /pɾɐ.d̪uː.ʂɐ.ɳɐ/

Noun

प्रदूषण • (pradūṣaṇa) stem, n

1. pollution

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of प्रदूषण

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	प्रदूषणम् (pradūṣaṇam)	प्रदूषणे (pradūṣaṇe)	प्रदूषणानि (pradūṣaṇāni) प्रदूषणा¹ (pradūṣaṇā¹)
accusative	प्रदूषणम् (pradūṣaṇam)	प्रदूषणे (pradūṣaṇe)	प्रदूषणानि (pradūṣaṇāni) प्रदूषणा¹ (pradūṣaṇā¹)
instrumental	प्रदूषणेन (pradūṣaṇena)	प्रदूषणाभ्याम् (pradūṣaṇābhyām)	प्रदूषणैः (pradūṣaṇaiḥ) प्रदूषणेभिः¹ (pradūṣaṇebhiḥ¹)
dative	प्रदूषणाय (pradūṣaṇāya)	प्रदूषणाभ्याम् (pradūṣaṇābhyām)	प्रदूषणेभ्यः (pradūṣaṇebhyaḥ)
ablative	प्रदूषणात् (pradūṣaṇāt)	प्रदूषणाभ्याम् (pradūṣaṇābhyām)	प्रदूषणेभ्यः (pradūṣaṇebhyaḥ)
genitive	प्रदूषणस्य (pradūṣaṇasya)	प्रदूषणयोः (pradūṣaṇayoḥ)	प्रदूषणानाम् (pradūṣaṇānām)
locative	प्रदूषणे (pradūṣaṇe)	प्रदूषणयोः (pradūṣaṇayoḥ)	प्रदूषणेषु (pradūṣaṇeṣu)
vocative	प्रदूषण (pradūṣaṇa)	प्रदूषणे (pradūṣaṇe)	प्रदूषणानि (pradūṣaṇāni) प्रदूषणा¹ (pradūṣaṇā¹)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

• → Hindi: प्रदूषण (pradūṣaṇ) (learned)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “प्रदूषण”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 680, column 1.