Praha

See also: praha and Pra-ha

English

Etymology

From Czech Praha. Doublet of Prague.

Proper noun

Praha

1. Synonym of Prague.
   • 1945 July 8, “The Foreign Service”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 November 2025:

     Walter W. Birge Jr. of New York, third secretary of legation and vice consul at Baghdad, designated third secretary of embassy at Praha, Czechoslovakia, and assigned vice consul at Dharan, Saudi Arabia, for temporary duty en route.

   • 1956 September 29, Eli Waldron, “Department of Amplification”, in The New Yorker‎^[2], New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2 October 2021:

     I find it very easy (too easy, perhaps) to visualize some scholarly monk coining the word in his dim cell in the midst of the Hussite religious war and passing it on out of the side of his mouth in a quick whisper at vespers, the word then going around from cowl to cowl all over Western Europe, accompanied by many a baleful glance in the direction of Praha, and many a surreptitious, throat-slitting gesture

   • 2021 July 10, Deirdre Simonds, Rebecca Lawrence, “Katy Perry documents her and fiance Orlando Bloom's fun-filled adventures in Prague as he films Carnival Row”, in Daily Mail‎^[3], London: DMG Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 July 2021:

     'While daddy works mommy plays for dayyys in Praha,' the 13-time Grammy nominee captioned her post on Friday.

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech Praha, earlier origin is contested; compare Czech pražit (“(land cleared by) burning”) or práh (“threshold”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpraɦa]

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Praha f (relational adjective pražský, demonym Pražan or (informal) Pražák, female demonym Pražanka)

1. Prague (the capital city of the Czech Republic)

Declension

Declension of Praha (sg-only hard feminine)

	singular
nominative	Praha
genitive	Prahy
dative	Praze
accusative	Prahu
vocative	Praho
locative	Praze
instrumental	Prahou

Proper noun

Praha m anim (female equivalent Prahová)

1. a male surname transferred from the place name

Declension

Declension of Praha (masculine animate in -a)

	singular	plural
nominative	Praha	Prahové
genitive	Prahy	Prahů
dative	Prahovi	Prahům
accusative	Prahu	Prahy
vocative	Praho	Prahové
locative	Prahovi	Prazích
instrumental	Prahou	Prahy

Descendants

• Norwegian Bokmål: Praha

Further reading

• “Praha”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “Praha”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “Praha”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Estonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈprɑhɑ/, [ˈprɑɦɑ]

Proper noun

Praha

1. Prague (the capital city of the Czech Republic)

Finnish

Etymology

From Czech Praha.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈprɑhɑ/, [ˈprɑ̝ɦɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑhɑ
• Syllabification^(key): Pra‧ha
• Hyphenation^(key): Pra‧ha

Proper noun

Praha

1. Prague (the capital city of the Czech Republic)

Declension

Inflection of Praha (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		Praha	—
genitive		Prahan	—
partitive		Prahaa	—
illative		Prahaan	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Praha	—
accusative	nom.	Praha	—
	gen.	Prahan
genitive		Prahan	—
partitive		Prahaa	—
inessive		Prahassa	—
elative		Prahasta	—
illative		Prahaan	—
adessive		Prahalla	—
ablative		Prahalta	—
allative		Prahalle	—
essive		Prahana	—
translative		Prahaksi	—
abessive		Prahatta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Praha (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Prahani — accusative nom. Prahani — gen. Prahani genitive Prahani — partitive Prahaani — inessive Prahassani — elative Prahastani — illative Prahaani — adessive Prahallani — ablative Prahaltani — allative Prahalleni — essive Prahanani — translative Prahakseni — abessive Prahattani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Prahasi — accusative nom. Prahasi — gen. Prahasi genitive Prahasi — partitive Prahaasi — inessive Prahassasi — elative Prahastasi — illative Prahaasi — adessive Prahallasi — ablative Prahaltasi — allative Prahallesi — essive Prahanasi — translative Prahaksesi — abessive Prahattasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Prahamme — accusative nom. Prahamme — gen. Prahamme genitive Prahamme — partitive Prahaamme — inessive Prahassamme — elative Prahastamme — illative Prahaamme — adessive Prahallamme — ablative Prahaltamme — allative Prahallemme — essive Prahanamme — translative Prahaksemme — abessive Prahattamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Prahanne — accusative nom. Prahanne — gen. Prahanne genitive Prahanne — partitive Prahaanne — inessive Prahassanne — elative Prahastanne — illative Prahaanne — adessive Prahallanne — ablative Prahaltanne — allative Prahallenne — essive Prahananne — translative Prahaksenne — abessive Prahattanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Prahansa — accusative nom. Prahansa — gen. Prahansa genitive Prahansa — partitive Prahaansa — inessive Prahassaan Prahassansa — elative Prahastaan Prahastansa — illative Prahaansa — adessive Prahallaan Prahallansa — ablative Prahaltaan Prahaltansa — allative Prahalleen Prahallensa — essive Prahanaan Prahanansa — translative Prahakseen Prahaksensa — abessive Prahattaan Prahattansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Lithuanian

Proper noun

Praha f

1. Prague (the capital city of the Czech Republic)

Malay

Etymology

From Czech Praha.

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /prahə/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /praha/
• Rhymes: -ahə, -hə, -ə

Proper noun

Praha

1. Prague (the capital city of the Czech Republic)

Norwegian Bokmål

View from Petřín, a hill in the centre of Prague, Czechia.

Etymology

From Czech Praha (“Prague”), from práh (“threshold”), from Old Czech práh (“threshold”), from Proto-Slavic *porgъ (“threshold, doorstep”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *parˀgas, from Proto-Indo-European *porgos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈprɑːha/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɑːha
• Hyphenation: Pra‧ha

Proper noun

Praha

1. Prague (the capital city of the Czech Republic)

   Praha har helt siden middelalderen vært et naturlig kommunikasjons- og handelssentrum

   Since the Middle Ages, Prague has been a natural center of communication and trade

Derived terms

• prager
• pragerskinke
• pragerstein

References

• “Praha” in Store norske leksikon

Anagrams

• harpa

Old Czech

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈpraɣa/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈpraɦa/

Proper noun

Praha

Praha f (relational adjective pražský, demonym Pražěnín or Pražák)

1. Prague
2. Prague Castle

Declension

Declension of Praha (sg-only hard a-stem)

	singular
nominative	Praha
genitive	Prahy
dative	Prazě
accusative	Prahu
vocative	Praho
locative	Prazě
instrumental	Prahú

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.

Descendants

• Czech: Praha
  • → Slovak: Praha
• Knaanic: פרגא (prga)
• → Old Polish: Praga
  • Polish: Praga
  • Silesian: Praga
• Sorbian:
  • → Lower Sorbian: Praga
  • → Upper Sorbian: Praha
• → Latin: Praga
  • → Middle French: Prague
    • French: Prague
    • → English: Prague
• → Arabic: [script needed] (frāga), [script needed] (farāga)

Proper noun

Praha m pers

1. a surname

Declension

Declension of Praha (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	Praha	Prazě	Prahy
genitive	Prahy	Prahú	Prah
dative	Prazě	Prahama	Prahám
accusative	Prahu	Prazě	Prahy
vocative	Praho	Prazě	Prahy
locative	Prazě	Prahú	Prahách
instrumental	Prahú	Prahama	Prahami

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.

Further reading

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916), “Praha”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from Czech Praha, from Old Czech Praha.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpraɦa/

Proper noun

Praha f (genitive singular Prahy, declension pattern of žena)

1. Prague (the capital city of the Czech Republic)

Declension

Declension of Praha
(pattern žena)

	singular
nominative	Praha
genitive	Prahy
dative	Prahe
accusative	Prahu
locative	Prahe
instrumental	Prahou

Derived terms

• Pražan
• pražský

Further reading

• “Praha”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026