प्रशंसा

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit प्रशंसा (praśaṃsā).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /pɾə.ʃən.sɑː/, [pɾɐ.ʃɐ̃n.säː]

Noun

प्रशंसा • (praśansā) f (Urdu spelling پرشنسا)

1. praise, approval, commendation

   Synonym: तारीफ़ (tārīf)

Declension

Declension of प्रशंसा (fem ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	प्रशंसा praśansā	प्रशंसाएँ praśansāẽ
oblique	प्रशंसा praśansā	प्रशंसाओं praśansāõ
vocative	प्रशंसा praśansā	प्रशंसाओ praśansāo

Related terms

• प्रशंसक (praśansak)
• प्रशंसन (praśansan)
• प्रशंसनीय (praśansnīya)
• प्रशंसित (praśansit)
• प्रशंसी (praśansī)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “प्रशंसा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 665

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit प्रशंसा (praśaṃsā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾəɕ.əu.sa/

Noun

प्रशंसा • (praśausā) f

1. appreciation, praise

   Synonym: कौतुक (kautuk)

Declension

Declension of प्रशंसा (fem ā-stem)
direct singular	प्रशंसा praśausā
direct plural	प्रशंसा praśausā
	singular एकवचन		plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	प्रशंसा praśausā		प्रशंसा praśausā
oblique सामान्यरूप	प्रशंसे praśause		प्रशंसां- praśausān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	प्रशंसेला praśauselā		प्रशंसांना praśausānnā
ergative	प्रशंसेने, प्रशंसेनं praśausene, praśausena		प्रशंसांनी praśausānnī
instrumental	प्रशंसेशी praśauseśī		प्रशंसांशी praśausānśī
locative सप्तमी	प्रशंसेत praśauset		प्रशंसांत praśausāt
vocative संबोधन	प्रशंसे praśause		प्रशंसांनो praśausānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of प्रशंसा (fem ā-stem)
	masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म		feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म		neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म		oblique सामान्यरूप
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular* एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता	प्रशंसेचा praśauseċā	प्रशंसेचे praśauseċe	प्रशंसेची praśausecī	प्रशंसेच्या praśausecā	प्रशंसेचे, प्रशंसेचं praśauseċe, praśauseċa	प्रशंसेची praśausecī	प्रशंसेच्या praśausecā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	प्रशंसांचा praśausānċā	प्रशंसांचे praśausānċe	प्रशंसांची praśausāñcī	प्रशंसांच्या praśausāncā	प्रशंसांचे, प्रशंसांचं praśausānċe, praśausānċa	प्रशंसांची praśausāñcī	प्रशंसांच्या praśausāñcā
* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• প্ৰশংসা (Assamese script)
• ᬧ᭄ᬭᬰᬂᬲᬵ (Balinese script)
• প্রশংসা (Bengali script)
• 𑰢𑰿𑰨𑰫𑰽𑰭𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀧𑁆𑀭𑀰𑀁𑀲𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ပြၐံသာ (Burmese script)
• પ્રશંસા (Gujarati script)
• ਪ੍ਰਸ਼ਂਸਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌶𑌂𑌸𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦥꦿꦯꦁꦱꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂣𑂹𑂩𑂬𑂁𑂮𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಪ್ರಶಂಸಾ (Kannada script)
• ប្រឝំសា (Khmer script)
• ປ຺ຣຨໍສາ (Lao script)
• പ്രശംസാ (Malayalam script)
• ᢒᡵᠠᢀ᠋ᡧᠠᠰ᠌ᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘢𑘿𑘨𑘫𑘽𑘭𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᢒᠷᠠ᠋ᢀ᠋ᠱᠠᠰᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧂𑧠𑧈𑧋𑧞𑧍𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐥𑑂𑐬𑐱𑑄𑐳𑐵 (Newa script)
• ପ୍ରଶଂସା (Odia script)
• ꢦ꣄ꢬꢯꢀꢱꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆥𑇀𑆫𑆯𑆁𑆱𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖢𑖿𑖨𑖫𑖽𑖭𑖯 (Siddham script)
• ප්‍රශංසා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩰 𑪙𑩼𑩿𑪖𑪁𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚞𑚶𑚤𑚧𑚫𑚨𑚭 (Takri script)
• ப்ரஶஂஸா (Tamil script)
• ప్రశంసా (Telugu script)
• ปฺรศํสา (Thai script)
• པྲ་ཤཾ་སཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒣𑓂𑒩𑒬𑓀𑒮𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨞𑩇𑨫𑨮𑨸𑨰𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

प्र- (pra-) +‎ शंस् (śaṃs) +‎ -आ (-ā), ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *ḱens-.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɾɐ.ɕɐ̃.sɑː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /pɾɐ.ɕɐ̃.s̪ɑː/

Noun

प्रशंसा • (praśaṃsā) stem, f (root प्रशंस्)

1. praise, commendation, fame, glory (with Buddhists one of the 8 worldly conditions)
   • Dharmas
   • c. 700 BCE, Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of प्रशंसा

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	प्रशंसा (praśaṃsā)	प्रशंसे (praśaṃse)	प्रशंसाः (praśaṃsāḥ)
accusative	प्रशंसाम् (praśaṃsām)	प्रशंसे (praśaṃse)	प्रशंसाः (praśaṃsāḥ)
instrumental	प्रशंसया (praśaṃsayā) प्रशंसा¹ (praśaṃsā¹)	प्रशंसाभ्याम् (praśaṃsābhyām)	प्रशंसाभिः (praśaṃsābhiḥ)
dative	प्रशंसायै (praśaṃsāyai)	प्रशंसाभ्याम् (praśaṃsābhyām)	प्रशंसाभ्यः (praśaṃsābhyaḥ)
ablative	प्रशंसायाः (praśaṃsāyāḥ) प्रशंसायै² (praśaṃsāyai²)	प्रशंसाभ्याम् (praśaṃsābhyām)	प्रशंसाभ्यः (praśaṃsābhyaḥ)
genitive	प्रशंसायाः (praśaṃsāyāḥ) प्रशंसायै² (praśaṃsāyai²)	प्रशंसयोः (praśaṃsayoḥ)	प्रशंसानाम् (praśaṃsānām)
locative	प्रशंसायाम् (praśaṃsāyām)	प्रशंसयोः (praśaṃsayoḥ)	प्रशंसासु (praśaṃsāsu)
vocative	प्रशंसे (praśaṃse)	प्रशंसे (praśaṃse)	प्रशंसाः (praśaṃsāḥ)

• ¹Vedic
• ²Brāhmaṇas

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “प्रशंसा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 694.

Further reading

• Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “praśaṃsā”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.