प्रकाश

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit प्रकाश (prakāśa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɾə.kɑːʃ/

Noun

प्रकाश • (prakāś) m (Urdu spelling پرکاش‎)

  1. light
    Synonyms: रौशनी (rauśnī), रोशनी (rośnī), ज्योति (jyoti)
  2. daylight, sunshine
    Synonym: धूप (dhūp)
  3. appearance
  4. revelation, elucidation
    • सभी विज्ञानों को डारविन के प्रकाश में दिशा बदलनी पड़ी
      sabhī vigyānõ ko ḍārvin ke prakāś mẽ diśā badalnī paṛī
      all science had to change direction with Darwin's revelation
  5. publication

Declension

Declension of प्रकाश
Singular Plural
Direct प्रकाश (prakāś) प्रकाश (prakāś)
Oblique प्रकाश (prakāś) प्रकाशों (prakāśõ)
Vocative प्रकाश (prakāś) प्रकाशो (prakāśo)

Derived terms

Adjective

प्रकाश • (prakāś) (Urdu spelling پرکاش‎)

  1. visible, illuminated; bright; shining
  2. clear; evident, open
  3. public
  4. famous, renown

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit प्रकाश (prakāśa).

Noun

प्रकाश • (prakāś) m

  1. light, luster, splendor
  2. radiance, diffusion, manifestation

References

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

Sanskrit

Etymology

प्र- (pra-) +‎ काश (kāśa)

Noun

प्रकाश • (prakāśa) m

  1. lustre, brightness, light
  2. fame
  3. the very best of something

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of प्रकाश (prakāśa)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative प्रकाशः
prakāśaḥ		 प्रकाशौ
prakāśau		 प्रकाशाः / प्रकाशासः¹
prakāśāḥ / prakāśāsaḥ¹
Vocative प्रकाश
prakāśa		 प्रकाशौ
prakāśau		 प्रकाशाः / प्रकाशासः¹
prakāśāḥ / prakāśāsaḥ¹
Accusative प्रकाशम्
prakāśam		 प्रकाशौ
prakāśau		 प्रकाशान्
prakāśān
Instrumental प्रकाशेन
prakāśena		 प्रकाशाभ्याम्
prakāśābhyām		 प्रकाशैः / प्रकाशेभिः¹
prakāśaiḥ / prakāśebhiḥ¹
Dative प्रकाशाय
prakāśāya		 प्रकाशाभ्याम्
prakāśābhyām		 प्रकाशेभ्यः
prakāśebhyaḥ
Ablative प्रकाशात्
prakāśāt		 प्रकाशाभ्याम्
prakāśābhyām		 प्रकाशेभ्यः
prakāśebhyaḥ
Genitive प्रकाशस्य
prakāśasya		 प्रकाशयोः
prakāśayoḥ		 प्रकाशानाम्
prakāśānām
Locative प्रकाशे
prakāśe		 प्रकाशयोः
prakāśayoḥ		 प्रकाशेषु
prakāśeṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Derived terms

  • प्रकाशम् (prakāśam, “evidently, apparently, openly”)
  • प्रकाशक (prakāśaka, “sun”)
  • प्रकाशन (prakāśana, “explanation, irradiation, exhibition”)
  • प्रकाशयति (prakāśayati, “to shine, to publish”)

References

  • Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 653
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