पाषाण

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit पाषाण (pāṣāṇa).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pɑː.ʃɑːn/

Noun

पाषाण • (pāṣāṇ) m

(chiefly in compounds) stone, rock
पाषाण हृदय का ― pāṣāṇ hŕday kā ― hard-hearted (literally, “having stony heart”)

Synonym: पत्थर (patthar)

Derived terms

पाषाण युग (pāṣāṇ yug, “Stone Age”)
नवपाषाण (navpāṣāṇ, “Neolithic”)
नवपाषाण युग (navpāṣāṇ yug, “the Neolithic, New Stone Age”)

Proper noun

पाषाण • (pāṣāṇ) m

Pashan (an area in Pune, Maharashtra, India)

References

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

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit पाषाण (pāṣāṇa).

Noun

पाषाण • (pāṣāṇ) m

stone, rock

Derived terms

पाषाण युग (pāṣāṇ yug, “Stone Age”)

Proper noun

पाषाण • (pāṣāṇ) m

Pashan (an area in Pune, Maharashtra, India)

References

Maxine Berntsen (1982-1983), “पाषाण”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
James Thomas Molesworth (1857), “पाषाण”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press

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