प्रवासी

Hindi

Etymology

From प्र- (pra-) + वासी (vāsī, “resident”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /pɾə.ʋɑː.siː/, [pɾɐ.ʋäː.siː]

Noun

प्रवासी • (pravāsī) m

1. migrant, emigrant, expatriate
2. (ecology) migratory bird

Adjective

प्रवासी • (pravāsī)

1. migratory, transient
2. migrant

Declension

Declension of प्रवासी (masc ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	प्रवासी pravāsī	प्रवासी pravāsī
oblique	प्रवासी pravāsī	प्रवासियों pravāsiyõ
vocative	प्रवासी pravāsī	प्रवासियो pravāsiyo

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “प्रवासी”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 3198
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “प्रवासी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 664
• Caturvedi, Mahendra; Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), “प्रवासी”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 463