प्रेम

See also: परम and प्रेमी

Hindi

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit प्रेमन् (preman). First attested as Old Hindi प्रेम (prema). Cognate to Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀧𑁂𑀫 (pema).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /pɾeːm/, [pɾẽːm]

Noun

प्रेम • (prem) m (Urdu spelling پَریم‎)

1. love

   Synonyms: प्यार (pyār), इश्क़ (iśq), आशिक़ी (āśiqī), मुहब्बत (muhabbat), प्रीति (prīti)

   उनके प्रेम की चर्चा घर-घर में हो रही है।

   unke prem kī carcā ghar-ghar mẽ ho rahī hai.

   Their love is being talked about in every house.

2. affection, care

Declension

Declension of प्रेम (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	प्रेम prem	प्रेम prem
oblique	प्रेम prem	प्रेमों premõ
vocative	प्रेम prem	प्रेमो premo

Proper noun

प्रेम • (prem) m (Urdu spelling پَریم‎)

1. a male given name, Prem, from Sanskrit

Declension

Declension of प्रेम (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	प्रेम prem	प्रेम prem
oblique	प्रेम prem	प्रेमों premõ
vocative	प्रेम prem	प्रेमो premo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “प्रेम”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884), “प्रेम”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

Konkani

Noun

प्रेम • (prem) (Latin script prem, Kannada script ಪ್ರೇಮ)

1. love, passion
2. affection
3. attachment, fondness
4. inclination

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit प्रेमन् (preman).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾem/

Noun

प्रेम • (prem) n

1. love

   प्रेम आंधळं असतं!

   prem āndhḷa astam!

   Love is blind!

2. affection

Declension

Declension of प्रेम (prem)
direct singular	प्रेम prem
direct plural	प्रेमे, प्रेमं preme, prema
	singular		plural
nominative	प्रेम prem		प्रेमे, प्रेमं preme, prema
oblique	प्रेमा- premā-		प्रेमां- premāN-
dative	प्रेमाला premālā		प्रेमांना premāNnā
ergative	प्रेमाने premāne		प्रेमांनी premāNni
instrumental	प्रेमाशी premāśi		प्रेमांशी premāNśi
locative	प्रेमात premāt		प्रेमांत premāNt
vocative	प्रेमा premā		प्रेमांनो premāNno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Dative Note: -स (-sa) is archaic. -ते (-te) is limited to literary usage. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of प्रेम
	masculine object		feminine object		neuter object		oblique
	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular*	plural
singular subject	प्रेमाचा premāċā	प्रेमाचे premāce	प्रेमाची premāci	प्रेमाच्या premāca	प्रेमाचे, प्रेमाचं premāce, premāċa	प्रेमाची premāci	प्रेमाच्या premāca
plural subject	प्रेमांचा premāNċā	प्रेमांचे premāNce	प्रेमांची premāNci	प्रेमांच्या premāNca	प्रेमांचे, प्रेमांचं premāNce, premāNċa	प्रेमांची premāNci	प्रेमांच्या premāNca
* 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.

References

• Berntsen, Maxine, “प्रेम”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “प्रेम”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911), “प्रेम”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press

Nepali

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [prem]
• Phonetic Devanagari: प्रेम्

Noun

प्रेम • (prem)

1. love, affection

   Synonym: माया (māyā)

References

• “प्रेम”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (Nepālī Br̥hat Śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
• Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993), “प्रेम”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar

Old Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit प्रेमन् (preman). Compare Old Punjabi ਪ੍ਰੇਮੁ (premu), Old Marathi 𑘢𑘿𑘨𑘹𑘦 (prema).

Noun

प्रेम (prema)

1. love, devotion

Descendants

• Hindustani: prem

  Hindi: प्रेम

  Urdu: پَریم‎ (parem)

Further reading

• Jaroslav Strnad (2013) Morphology and Syntax of Old Hindī : Edition and Analysis of One Hundred Kabīr Vānī Poems From Rājasthān (Brill's Indological Library; 45), Leiden, →OCLC, page 548