प्रपा

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• প্ৰপা (Assamese script)
• ᬧ᭄ᬭᬧᬵ (Balinese script)
• প্রপা (Bengali script)
• 𑰢𑰿𑰨𑰢𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀧𑁆𑀭𑀧𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ပြပါ (Burmese script)
• પ્રપા (Gujarati script)
• ਪ੍ਰਪਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌪𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦥꦿꦥꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂣𑂹𑂩𑂣𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಪ್ರಪಾ (Kannada script)
• ប្របា (Khmer script)
• ປ຺ຣປາ (Lao script)
• പ്രപാ (Malayalam script)
• ᢒᡵᠠᢒᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘢𑘿𑘨𑘢𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᢒᠷᠠᢒᠠ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧂𑧠𑧈𑧂𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐥𑑂𑐬𑐥𑐵 (Newa script)
• ପ୍ରପା (Odia script)
• ꢦ꣄ꢬꢦꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆥𑇀𑆫𑆥𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖢𑖿𑖨𑖢𑖯 (Siddham script)
• ප්‍රපා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩰 𑪙𑩼𑩰𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚞𑚶𑚤𑚞𑚭 (Takri script)
• ப்ரபா (Tamil script)
• ప్రపా (Telugu script)
• ปฺรปา (Thai script)
• པྲ་པཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒣𑓂𑒩𑒣𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨞𑩇𑨫𑨞𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From प्र- (pra-, “forth”) +‎ Proto-Indo-European *péh₃ (“drinking”), from *peh₃- (“to drink”). By surface analysis, प्र- (pra-) +‎ पा (pā, “to drink”, root).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɾɐ.pɑ́ː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /pɾɐ.pɑː/

Noun

प्रपा • (prapā́) stem, f

1. a reservoir of drinking water; a roadside shed for supplying travellers with drinking water; a place for cattle to drink water; a fountain or cistern of drinking water
   • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.4.1:

     धन्व॑न्निव प्र॒पा अ॑सि॒ त्वम॑ग्न इय॒क्षवे॑ पू॒रवे॑ प्रत्न राजन् ॥

     dhánvanniva prapā́ asi tvámagna iyakṣáve pūráve pratna rājan.

     Like a fountain in the desert art thou, Agni, O Ancient King, to man who fain would worship.

   • c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda 3.30.6:

     समानी प्रपा सह वोऽन्नभागः समाने योक्त्रे सह वो युनज्मि ।
     सम्यञ्चोऽग्निं सपर्यतारा नाभिमिवाभितः ॥

     samānī prapā saha voʼnnabhāgaḥ samāne yoktre saha vo yunajmi.
     samyañcoʼgniṃ saparyatārā nābhimivābhitaḥ.

     Let your cistern of drinking water, your share of food be common together; with one common bond I bind you.
     Serve Agni, gathered round him like the spokes about the chariot nave.

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of प्रपा

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	प्रपा (prapā́)	प्रपे (prapé)	प्रपाः (prapā́ḥ)
accusative	प्रपाम् (prapā́m)	प्रपे (prapé)	प्रपाः (prapā́ḥ)
instrumental	प्रपया (prapáyā) प्रपा¹ (prapā́¹)	प्रपाभ्याम् (prapā́bhyām)	प्रपाभिः (prapā́bhiḥ)
dative	प्रपायै (prapā́yai)	प्रपाभ्याम् (prapā́bhyām)	प्रपाभ्यः (prapā́bhyaḥ)
ablative	प्रपायाः (prapā́yāḥ) प्रपायै² (prapā́yai²)	प्रपाभ्याम् (prapā́bhyām)	प्रपाभ्यः (prapā́bhyaḥ)
genitive	प्रपायाः (prapā́yāḥ) प्रपायै² (prapā́yai²)	प्रपयोः (prapáyoḥ)	प्रपाणाम् (prapā́ṇām)
locative	प्रपायाम् (prapā́yām)	प्रपयोः (prapáyoḥ)	प्रपासु (prapā́su)
vocative	प्रपे (prápe)	प्रपे (prápe)	प्रपाः (prápāḥ)

• ¹Vedic
• ²Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

• Pali: papā
• Prakrit: 𑀧𑀯𑀸 (pavā)
  • Central:
    • Hindi: पौ (pau, “roadside shed supplying drinking water”)
  • Northern:
    • Nepali: पौवा (pauwā, “inn”)
  • Northwestern:
    • Punjabi: ਪੌ (pau)