प्रशंसा

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit प्रशंसा (praśaṃsā).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) 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

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) IPA^(key): /pɾɐˈɕɐ̃.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 (praśaṃsā)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	प्रशंसा praśaṃsā	प्रशंसे praśaṃse	प्रशंसाः praśaṃsāḥ
Vocative	प्रशंसे praśaṃse	प्रशंसे praśaṃse	प्रशंसाः praśaṃsāḥ
Accusative	प्रशंसाम् praśaṃsām	प्रशंसे praśaṃse	प्रशंसाः praśaṃsāḥ
Instrumental	प्रशंसया / प्रशंसा¹ praśaṃsayā / praśaṃsā¹	प्रशंसाभ्याम् praśaṃsābhyām	प्रशंसाभिः praśaṃsābhiḥ
Dative	प्रशंसायै praśaṃsāyai	प्रशंसाभ्याम् praśaṃsābhyām	प्रशंसाभ्यः praśaṃsābhyaḥ
Ablative	प्रशंसायाः / प्रशंसायै² praśaṃsāyāḥ / praśaṃsāyai²	प्रशंसाभ्याम् praśaṃsābhyām	प्रशंसाभ्यः praśaṃsābhyaḥ
Genitive	प्रशंसायाः / प्रशंसायै² praśaṃsāyāḥ / praśaṃsāyai²	प्रशंसयोः praśaṃsayoḥ	प्रशंसानाम् praśaṃsānām
Locative	प्रशंसायाम् praśaṃsāyām	प्रशंसयोः praśaṃsayoḥ	प्रशंसासु praśaṃsāsu
Notes	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 (2010-2024) “praśaṃsā”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.