"Prajapati" meaning in English

See Prajapati in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: Prajapatis [plural]
Etymology: From Sanskrit प्रजापति (prajā́pati, “lord of creation”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|sa|प्रजापति||lord of creation|tr=prajā́pati}} Sanskrit प्रजापति (prajā́pati, “lord of creation”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|~}} Prajapati (countable and uncountable, plural Prajapatis)
  1. (Hinduism, Vedic religion) A deity, later identified with Brahma. Tags: Hinduism, Vedic, countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Hinduism, Vedic religion Translations (Hindu deity): প্রজাপতি (projapoti) (Bengali), प्रजापति (prajāpᵊti) (Bhojpuri), 生主 (shēngzhǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), પ્રજાપતિ (prajāpti) [masculine] (Gujarati), ಪ್ರಜಾಪತಿ (prajāpati) (Kannada), പ്രജാപതി (prajāpati) (Malayalam), ਪ੍ਰਜਾਪਤੀ (prjāpatī) (Punjabi), प्रजापति (prajā́pati) [masculine] (Sanskrit), பிரஜாபதி (pirajāpati) (Tamil)
    Sense id: en-Prajapati-en-name--Zd6QWgd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 70 30 Topics: lifestyle, religion Disambiguation of 'Hindu deity': 97 3
  2. A surname. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-Prajapati-en-name-EMUC1F3L Categories (other): English surnames

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for Prajapati meaning in English (3.1kB)

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "sa",
        "3": "प्रजापति",
        "4": "",
        "5": "lord of creation",
        "tr": "prajā́pati"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit प्रजापति (prajā́pati, “lord of creation”)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Sanskrit प्रजापति (prajā́pati, “lord of creation”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Prajapatis",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "Prajapati (countable and uncountable, plural Prajapatis)",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Hinduism",
          "orig": "en:Hinduism",
          "parents": [
            "India",
            "Religion",
            "Asia",
            "Culture",
            "Earth",
            "Eurasia",
            "Society",
            "Nature",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Vedic religion",
          "orig": "en:Vedic religion",
          "parents": [
            "Hinduism",
            "India",
            "Religion",
            "Asia",
            "Culture",
            "Earth",
            "Eurasia",
            "Society",
            "Nature",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "70 30",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A deity, later identified with Brahma."
      ],
      "id": "en-Prajapati-en-name--Zd6QWgd",
      "links": [
        [
          "Hinduism",
          "Hinduism"
        ],
        [
          "deity",
          "deity"
        ],
        [
          "Brahma",
          "Brahma"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Hinduism, Vedic religion) A deity, later identified with Brahma."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Hinduism",
        "Vedic",
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "lifestyle",
        "religion"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "bn",
          "lang": "Bengali",
          "roman": "projapoti",
          "sense": "Hindu deity",
          "word": "প্রজাপতি"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "bho",
          "lang": "Bhojpuri",
          "roman": "prajāpᵊti",
          "sense": "Hindu deity",
          "word": "प्रजापति"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "shēngzhǔ",
          "sense": "Hindu deity",
          "word": "生主"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "gu",
          "lang": "Gujarati",
          "roman": "prajāpti",
          "sense": "Hindu deity",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "પ્રજાપતિ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "kn",
          "lang": "Kannada",
          "roman": "prajāpati",
          "sense": "Hindu deity",
          "word": "ಪ್ರಜಾಪತಿ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "prajāpati",
          "sense": "Hindu deity",
          "word": "പ്രജാപതി"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "pa",
          "lang": "Punjabi",
          "roman": "prjāpatī",
          "sense": "Hindu deity",
          "word": "ਪ੍ਰਜਾਪਤੀ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "prajā́pati",
          "sense": "Hindu deity",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "प्रजापति"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ta",
          "lang": "Tamil",
          "roman": "pirajāpati",
          "sense": "Hindu deity",
          "word": "பிரஜாபதி"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English surnames",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A surname."
      ],
      "id": "en-Prajapati-en-name-EMUC1F3L",
      "links": [
        [
          "surname",
          "surname"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Prajapati"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English proper nouns",
    "English terms borrowed from Sanskrit",
    "English terms derived from Sanskrit",
    "English uncountable nouns"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "sa",
        "3": "प्रजापति",
        "4": "",
        "5": "lord of creation",
        "tr": "prajā́pati"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit प्रजापति (prajā́pati, “lord of creation”)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Sanskrit प्रजापति (prajā́pati, “lord of creation”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Prajapatis",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "Prajapati (countable and uncountable, plural Prajapatis)",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Hinduism",
        "en:Vedic religion"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A deity, later identified with Brahma."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Hinduism",
          "Hinduism"
        ],
        [
          "deity",
          "deity"
        ],
        [
          "Brahma",
          "Brahma"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Hinduism, Vedic religion) A deity, later identified with Brahma."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Hinduism",
        "Vedic",
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "lifestyle",
        "religion"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English surnames"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A surname."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "surname",
          "surname"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "projapoti",
      "sense": "Hindu deity",
      "word": "প্রজাপতি"
    },
    {
      "code": "bho",
      "lang": "Bhojpuri",
      "roman": "prajāpᵊti",
      "sense": "Hindu deity",
      "word": "प्रजापति"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shēngzhǔ",
      "sense": "Hindu deity",
      "word": "生主"
    },
    {
      "code": "gu",
      "lang": "Gujarati",
      "roman": "prajāpti",
      "sense": "Hindu deity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "પ્રજાપતિ"
    },
    {
      "code": "kn",
      "lang": "Kannada",
      "roman": "prajāpati",
      "sense": "Hindu deity",
      "word": "ಪ್ರಜಾಪತಿ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "prajāpati",
      "sense": "Hindu deity",
      "word": "പ്രജാപതി"
    },
    {
      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "roman": "prjāpatī",
      "sense": "Hindu deity",
      "word": "ਪ੍ਰਜਾਪਤੀ"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "prajā́pati",
      "sense": "Hindu deity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "प्रजापति"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "pirajāpati",
      "sense": "Hindu deity",
      "word": "பிரஜாபதி"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Prajapati"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-20 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (1d5a7d1 and 304864d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.