प्रेम

See also: परम and प्रेमी

Hindi

Etymology

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

   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.

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

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 Thompson, “प्रेम”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: William H. Allen and Company, 1884.

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Konkani

Noun

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

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

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Nepali

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prem/, [prẽm]

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

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Old Hindi

Etymology

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

Noun

प्रेम (prema)

1. love, devotion

Descendants

• Hindustani: prem

  Hindi: प्रेम

  Urdu: پَریم‎

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 853683653, page 548