प्रदेश

See also: परदेशी

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit प्रदेश (pradeśa).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /pɾə.d̪eːʃ/

Noun

प्रदेश • (pradeś) m (Urdu spelling پردیش‎)

1. province

Declension

Declension of प्रदेश (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	प्रदेश pradeś	प्रदेश pradeś
oblique	प्रदेश pradeś	प्रदेशों pradeśõ
vocative	प्रदेश pradeś	प्रदेशो pradeśo

Descendants

• English: Pradesh

Synonyms

• प्रांत (prānt)
• सूबा (sūbā)

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Sanskrit

Etymology

प्र- (pra-) +‎ देश (deśa)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɾɐ.dɐj.ɕɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /pɾɐˈd̪eː.ɕɐ/

Noun

प्रदेश • (pradeśa) m

1. pointing out, showing, indication, direction, decision, determination
2. appeal to a precedent
3. example (in grammar, law etc.)
4. spot, region, place, country, district (often in compounds with a part of the body, e.g. कण्ठप्रदेश (kaṇṭhapradeśa), हृदयप्रदेश (hṛdayapradeśa) etc.)
5. a short while
6. wall
7. a short span (measured from the tip of the thumb to that of the forefinger)
8. (Jainism) one of the obstacles to liberation Sarvad, "atomic individuality"
9. being or situated in a district

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of प्रदेश
Nom. sg.	प्रदेशः (pradeśaḥ)
Gen. sg.	प्रदेशस्य (pradeśasya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	प्रदेशः (pradeśaḥ)	प्रदेशौ (pradeśau)	प्रदेशाः (pradeśāḥ)
Vocative	प्रदेश (pradeśa)	प्रदेशौ (pradeśau)	प्रदेशाः (pradeśāḥ)
Accusative	प्रदेशम् (pradeśam)	प्रदेशौ (pradeśau)	प्रदेशान् (pradeśān)
Instrumental	प्रदेशेन (pradeśena)	प्रदेशाभ्याम् (pradeśābhyām)	प्रदेशैः (pradeśaiḥ)
Dative	प्रदेशाय (pradeśāya)	प्रदेशाभ्याम् (pradeśābhyām)	प्रदेशेभ्यः (pradeśebhyaḥ)
Ablative	प्रदेशात् (pradeśāt)	प्रदेशाभ्याम् (pradeśābhyām)	प्रदेशेभ्यः (pradeśebhyaḥ)
Genitive	प्रदेशस्य (pradeśasya)	प्रदेशयोः (pradeśayoḥ)	प्रदेशानाम् (pradeśānām)
Locative	प्रदेशे (pradeśe)	प्रदेशयोः (pradeśayoḥ)	प्रदेशेषु (pradeśeṣu)

Descendants

• Paisaci Prakrit: 𑀧𑀢𑁂𑀲 (patesa)
• → Hindustani:
  • Hindi: प्रदेश (pradeś)
    • English: Pradesh
  • Urdu: پردیش‎
• → Khmer: ប្រទេស (prɑteeh)
• → Lao: ປະເທດ (pa thēt)
• → Telugu: ప్రదేశము (pradēśamu)
• → Thai: ประเทศ (bprà-têet)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “प्रदेश”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0680.