See प्रश्न in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "inc-pro",
"3": "*praśnás"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-Aryan *praśnás",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "iir-pro",
"3": "*praćnás"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian *praćnás",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "",
"4": "*pleḱ-nó-s"
},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "plecto"
},
"expansion": "Latin plecto",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "πλοκή"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek πλοκή (plokḗ)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Indo-Aryan *praśnás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *praćnás, from Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ-nó-s or *ploḱ-nó-s, from *pleḱ- (“to fold, weave”). Cognate with Latin plecto, Ancient Greek πλοκή (plokḗ).",
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{
"form": "praśná",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sa-decl-noun-m",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्नः",
"roman": "praśnáḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्नौ",
"roman": "praśnaú",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"nominative"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्ना1",
"roman": "praśnā́1",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"nominative"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्नाः",
"roman": "praśnā́ḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्नासः1",
"roman": "praśnā́saḥ1",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्नम्",
"roman": "praśnám",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्नौ",
"roman": "praśnaú",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्ना1",
"roman": "praśnā́1",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्नान्",
"roman": "praśnā́n",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्नेन",
"roman": "praśnéna",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्नाभ्याम्",
"roman": "praśnā́bhyām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"instrumental"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्नैः",
"roman": "praśnaíḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्नेभिः1",
"roman": "praśnébhiḥ1",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्नाय",
"roman": "praśnā́ya",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्नाभ्याम्",
"roman": "praśnā́bhyām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्नेभ्यः",
"roman": "praśnébhyaḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्नात्",
"roman": "praśnā́t",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्नाभ्याम्",
"roman": "praśnā́bhyām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्नेभ्यः",
"roman": "praśnébhyaḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्नस्य",
"roman": "praśnásya",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्नयोः",
"roman": "praśnáyoḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्नानाम्",
"roman": "praśnā́nām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्ने",
"roman": "praśné",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"locative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्नयोः",
"roman": "praśnáyoḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"locative"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्नेषु",
"roman": "praśnéṣu",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"locative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्न",
"roman": "práśna",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्नौ",
"roman": "práśnau",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्ना1",
"roman": "práśnā1",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्नाः",
"roman": "práśnāḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्नासः1",
"roman": "práśnāsaḥ1",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"g": "m",
"tr": "praśná"
},
"expansion": "प्रश्न • (praśná) stem, m",
"name": "sa-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "praśná"
},
"name": "sa-decl-noun-m"
}
],
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"lang_code": "sa",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "19 27 0 2 27 11 1 1 1 1 1 8 1",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "29 5 11 3 6 6 27 12",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "18 5 13 7 9 9 22 17",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "10 10 11 12 12 15 14 16",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Sanskrit terms belonging to the root प्रछ्",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "26 7 8 8 9 11 18 12",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Sanskrit terms suffixed with -न",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "19 4 15 11 11 8 18 12",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"basket-work, a plaited basket"
],
"id": "en-प्रश्न-sa-noun-ke2tyMzX",
"links": [
[
"basket-work",
"basket-work"
],
[
"plaited",
"plaited"
],
[
"basket",
"basket"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"\"a turban\""
],
"id": "en-प्रश्न-sa-noun-RunYk80L",
"links": [
[
"turban",
"turban"
]
],
"qualifier": "by commentator",
"raw_glosses": [
"(by commentator) \"a turban\""
],
"topics": []
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/pɾɐɕ.nɐ́/",
"tags": [
"Vedic"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/pɾɐɕ.n̪ɐ/",
"tags": [
"Classical-Sanskrit"
]
}
],
"word": "प्रश्न"
}
{
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "my",
"2": "ပြဿနာ",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Burmese: ပြဿနာ (pra.ssa.na)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Burmese: ပြဿနာ (pra.ssa.na)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "hi",
"2": "प्रश्न",
"lbor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Hindi: प्रश्न (praśna) (learned)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Hindi: प्रश्न (praśna) (learned)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "km",
"2": "ប្រស្នា",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Khmer: ប្រស្នា (prɑɑsnaa)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Khmer: ប្រស្នា (prɑɑsnaa)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "kn",
"2": "ಪ್ರಶ್ನೆ",
"lbor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Kannada: ಪ್ರಶ್ನೆ (praśne) (learned)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Kannada: ಪ್ರಶ್ನೆ (praśne) (learned)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ml",
"2": "പ്രശ്നം",
"lbor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Malayalam: പ്രശ്നം (praśnaṁ) (learned)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Malayalam: പ്രശ്നം (praśnaṁ) (learned)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mr",
"alt": "praśna",
"lbor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Marathi: praśna (learned)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Marathi: praśna (learned)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mr",
"2": "प्रश्न",
"sclb": "1",
"tr": "-"
},
"expansion": "Devanagari script: प्रश्न",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Devanagari script: प्रश्न"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mr",
"2": "𑘢𑘿𑘨𑘫𑘿𑘡",
"sclb": "1",
"tr": "-"
},
"expansion": "Modi script: 𑘢𑘿𑘨𑘫𑘿𑘡",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Modi script: 𑘢𑘿𑘨𑘫𑘿𑘡"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pa",
"2": "ਪ੍ਰਸ਼ਨ",
"lbor": "1",
"tr": "praśan"
},
"expansion": "→ Punjabi: ਪ੍ਰਸ਼ਨ (praśan) (learned)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Punjabi: ਪ੍ਰਸ਼ਨ (praśan) (learned)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ta",
"2": "பிரச்சனை",
"lbor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Tamil: பிரச்சனை (piraccaṉai) (learned)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Tamil: பிரச்சனை (piraccaṉai) (learned)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "te",
"2": "ప్రశ్న",
"lbor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Telugu: ప్రశ్న (praśna) (learned)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Telugu: ప్రశ్న (praśna) (learned)"
}
],
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"1": "sa",
"2": "प्रछ्",
"3": "-न",
"nocat": "",
"pos1": "",
"pos2": "",
"t1": "",
"t2": "",
"tr2": ""
},
"expansion": "प्रछ् (prach) + -न (-na)",
"name": "suf"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "sa",
"3": "प्रछ्",
"id": ""
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*preḱ-"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
{
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"1": "प्रछ्",
"2": "-न",
"PIE": "preḱ"
},
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"name": "sa-root"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From the root प्रछ् (prach) + -न (-na), whence पृच्छति (pṛccháti, “to ask, question, interrogate”).",
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{
"form": "praśná",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sa-decl-noun-m",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्नः",
"roman": "praśnáḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्नौ",
"roman": "praśnaú",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"nominative"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्ना1",
"roman": "praśnā́1",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"nominative"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्नाः",
"roman": "praśnā́ḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्नासः1",
"roman": "praśnā́saḥ1",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्नम्",
"roman": "praśnám",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्नौ",
"roman": "praśnaú",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्ना1",
"roman": "praśnā́1",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्नान्",
"roman": "praśnā́n",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्नेन",
"roman": "praśnéna",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्नाभ्याम्",
"roman": "praśnā́bhyām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"instrumental"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्नैः",
"roman": "praśnaíḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्नेभिः1",
"roman": "praśnébhiḥ1",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्नाय",
"roman": "praśnā́ya",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्नाभ्याम्",
"roman": "praśnā́bhyām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्नेभ्यः",
"roman": "praśnébhyaḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्नात्",
"roman": "praśnā́t",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्नाभ्याम्",
"roman": "praśnā́bhyām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्नेभ्यः",
"roman": "praśnébhyaḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्नस्य",
"roman": "praśnásya",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्नयोः",
"roman": "praśnáyoḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्नानाम्",
"roman": "praśnā́nām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्ने",
"roman": "praśné",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"locative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्नयोः",
"roman": "praśnáyoḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"locative"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्नेषु",
"roman": "praśnéṣu",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"locative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्न",
"roman": "práśna",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्नौ",
"roman": "práśnau",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्ना1",
"roman": "práśnā1",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्नाः",
"roman": "práśnāḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्नासः1",
"roman": "práśnāsaḥ1",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"g": "m",
"tr": "praśná"
},
"expansion": "प्रश्न • (praśná) stem, m",
"name": "sa-noun"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "praśná"
},
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}
],
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"lang_code": "sa",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "29 5 11 3 6 6 27 12",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "18 5 13 7 9 9 22 17",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "10 10 11 12 12 15 14 16",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Sanskrit terms belonging to the root प्रछ्",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "19 4 15 11 11 8 18 12",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "friendly enquiry after a person's health or welfare, salutation",
"text": "कुशलप्रश्न (kúśala-praśna)"
}
],
"glosses": [
"question, demand, interrogation, query, inquiry; also in compounds"
],
"id": "en-प्रश्न-sa-noun-syr0h9L~",
"links": [
[
"question",
"question"
],
[
"demand",
"demand"
],
[
"interrogation",
"interrogation"
],
[
"query",
"query"
],
[
"inquiry",
"inquiry"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"question, demand, interrogation, query, inquiry; also in compounds:"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "sa",
"name": "Law",
"orig": "sa:Law",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "10 10 11 12 12 15 14 16",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Sanskrit terms belonging to the root प्रछ्",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "19 4 15 11 11 8 18 12",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "interrogation of witnesses",
"text": "साक्षिप्रश्न (sā-kṣi-praśna)"
}
],
"glosses": [
"judicial inquiry or examination"
],
"id": "en-प्रश्न-sa-noun-J-btER1-",
"links": [
[
"law",
"law#English"
],
[
"judicial",
"judicial"
],
[
"inquiry",
"inquiry"
],
[
"examination",
"examination"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(law) judicial inquiry or examination"
],
"topics": [
"law"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "sa",
"name": "Astrology",
"orig": "sa:Astrology",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "10 10 11 12 12 15 14 16",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Sanskrit terms belonging to the root प्रछ्",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "19 4 15 11 11 8 18 12",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "inquiring into divine phenomena, augury",
"text": "दिव्यप्रश्न (divyá-praśna)"
},
{
"english": "\"consulting the gods\", fortune-telling",
"text": "देवप्रश्न (devá-praśna)"
},
{
"english": "inquiring of fate, astrology",
"text": "दैवप्रश्न (daíva-praśna)"
}
],
"glosses": [
"astrological inquiry into the future"
],
"id": "en-प्रश्न-sa-noun-C1SA-Jmb",
"links": [
[
"astrology",
"astrology"
],
[
"astrological",
"astrological"
],
[
"inquiry",
"inquiry"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(astrology) astrological inquiry into the future"
],
"topics": [
"astrology",
"human-sciences",
"mysticism",
"philosophy",
"sciences"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "10 10 11 12 12 15 14 16",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Sanskrit terms belonging to the root प्रछ्",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "to decide a controverted point",
"text": "प्रत्नम् प्रब्रवीति (praśnam pra-√brū)"
},
{
"english": "to lay a question before any one for decision",
"text": "प्रत्नम् एति (praśnam √i) (+ accusative) or प्रत्नम् आ गच्छति (praśnam ā √gam) (+locative of person)"
},
{
"english": "the point at issue is before thy father",
"text": "प्रश्नस् तव पितरि (praśnas tava pitari)"
}
],
"glosses": [
"a subject of inquiry, point at issue, controversy, problem"
],
"id": "en-प्रश्न-sa-noun-JhM2O~i9",
"links": [
[
"subject",
"subject"
],
[
"inquiry",
"inquiry"
],
[
"point",
"point"
],
[
"issue",
"issue"
],
[
"controversy",
"controversy"
],
[
"problem",
"problem"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "29 5 11 3 6 6 27 12",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "18 5 13 7 9 9 22 17",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "10 10 11 12 12 15 14 16",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Sanskrit terms belonging to the root प्रछ्",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "19 4 15 11 11 8 18 12",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"a task or lesson (in Vedic recitation)"
],
"id": "en-प्रश्न-sa-noun-anRBidjy",
"links": [
[
"task",
"task"
],
[
"lesson",
"lesson"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "29 5 11 3 6 6 27 12",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "18 5 13 7 9 9 22 17",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "10 10 11 12 12 15 14 16",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Sanskrit terms belonging to the root प्रछ्",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "19 4 15 11 11 8 18 12",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"a short section or paragraph (in books)"
],
"id": "en-प्रश्न-sa-noun-BVU1lVdR",
"links": [
[
"section",
"section"
]
]
}
],
"word": "प्रश्न"
}
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 5 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Sanskrit a-stem nouns",
"Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header",
"Sanskrit lemmas",
"Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters",
"Sanskrit masculine nouns",
"Sanskrit nouns",
"Sanskrit nouns in Devanagari script",
"Sanskrit terms belonging to the root प्रछ्",
"Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-Aryan",
"Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian",
"Sanskrit terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *preḱ-",
"Sanskrit terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan",
"Sanskrit terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
"Sanskrit terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian",
"Sanskrit terms suffixed with -न",
"Sanskrit terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations"
],
"etymology_number": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "inc-pro",
"3": "*praśnás"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-Aryan *praśnás",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "iir-pro",
"3": "*praćnás"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian *praćnás",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "",
"4": "*pleḱ-nó-s"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ-nó-s",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "plecto"
},
"expansion": "Latin plecto",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "πλοκή"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek πλοκή (plokḗ)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Indo-Aryan *praśnás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *praćnás, from Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ-nó-s or *ploḱ-nó-s, from *pleḱ- (“to fold, weave”). Cognate with Latin plecto, Ancient Greek πλοκή (plokḗ).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "praśná",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sa-decl-noun-m",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्नः",
"roman": "praśnáḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्नौ",
"roman": "praśnaú",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"nominative"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्ना1",
"roman": "praśnā́1",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"nominative"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्नाः",
"roman": "praśnā́ḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्नासः1",
"roman": "praśnā́saḥ1",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्नम्",
"roman": "praśnám",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्नौ",
"roman": "praśnaú",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्ना1",
"roman": "praśnā́1",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्नान्",
"roman": "praśnā́n",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्नेन",
"roman": "praśnéna",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्नाभ्याम्",
"roman": "praśnā́bhyām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"instrumental"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्नैः",
"roman": "praśnaíḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्नेभिः1",
"roman": "praśnébhiḥ1",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्नाय",
"roman": "praśnā́ya",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्नाभ्याम्",
"roman": "praśnā́bhyām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्नेभ्यः",
"roman": "praśnébhyaḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्नात्",
"roman": "praśnā́t",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्नाभ्याम्",
"roman": "praśnā́bhyām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्नेभ्यः",
"roman": "praśnébhyaḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्नस्य",
"roman": "praśnásya",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्नयोः",
"roman": "praśnáyoḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्नानाम्",
"roman": "praśnā́nām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्ने",
"roman": "praśné",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"locative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्नयोः",
"roman": "praśnáyoḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"locative"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्नेषु",
"roman": "praśnéṣu",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"locative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्न",
"roman": "práśna",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्नौ",
"roman": "práśnau",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्ना1",
"roman": "práśnā1",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्नाः",
"roman": "práśnāḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्नासः1",
"roman": "práśnāsaḥ1",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"g": "m",
"tr": "praśná"
},
"expansion": "प्रश्न • (praśná) stem, m",
"name": "sa-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "praśná"
},
"name": "sa-decl-noun-m"
}
],
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"lang_code": "sa",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"basket-work, a plaited basket"
],
"links": [
[
"basket-work",
"basket-work"
],
[
"plaited",
"plaited"
],
[
"basket",
"basket"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"\"a turban\""
],
"links": [
[
"turban",
"turban"
]
],
"qualifier": "by commentator",
"raw_glosses": [
"(by commentator) \"a turban\""
],
"topics": []
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/pɾɐɕ.nɐ́/",
"tags": [
"Vedic"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/pɾɐɕ.n̪ɐ/",
"tags": [
"Classical-Sanskrit"
]
}
],
"word": "प्रश्न"
}
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 5 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Sanskrit a-stem nouns",
"Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header",
"Sanskrit lemmas",
"Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters",
"Sanskrit masculine nouns",
"Sanskrit nouns",
"Sanskrit nouns in Devanagari script",
"Sanskrit terms belonging to the root प्रछ्",
"Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Sanskrit terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *preḱ-",
"Sanskrit terms suffixed with -न",
"Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations"
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "my",
"2": "ပြဿနာ",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Burmese: ပြဿနာ (pra.ssa.na)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Burmese: ပြဿနာ (pra.ssa.na)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "hi",
"2": "प्रश्न",
"lbor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Hindi: प्रश्न (praśna) (learned)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Hindi: प्रश्न (praśna) (learned)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "km",
"2": "ប្រស្នា",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Khmer: ប្រស្នា (prɑɑsnaa)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Khmer: ប្រស្នា (prɑɑsnaa)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "kn",
"2": "ಪ್ರಶ್ನೆ",
"lbor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Kannada: ಪ್ರಶ್ನೆ (praśne) (learned)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Kannada: ಪ್ರಶ್ನೆ (praśne) (learned)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ml",
"2": "പ്രശ്നം",
"lbor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Malayalam: പ്രശ്നം (praśnaṁ) (learned)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Malayalam: പ്രശ്നം (praśnaṁ) (learned)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mr",
"alt": "praśna",
"lbor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Marathi: praśna (learned)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Marathi: praśna (learned)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mr",
"2": "प्रश्न",
"sclb": "1",
"tr": "-"
},
"expansion": "Devanagari script: प्रश्न",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Devanagari script: प्रश्न"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mr",
"2": "𑘢𑘿𑘨𑘫𑘿𑘡",
"sclb": "1",
"tr": "-"
},
"expansion": "Modi script: 𑘢𑘿𑘨𑘫𑘿𑘡",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Modi script: 𑘢𑘿𑘨𑘫𑘿𑘡"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pa",
"2": "ਪ੍ਰਸ਼ਨ",
"lbor": "1",
"tr": "praśan"
},
"expansion": "→ Punjabi: ਪ੍ਰਸ਼ਨ (praśan) (learned)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Punjabi: ਪ੍ਰਸ਼ਨ (praśan) (learned)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ta",
"2": "பிரச்சனை",
"lbor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Tamil: பிரச்சனை (piraccaṉai) (learned)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Tamil: பிரச்சனை (piraccaṉai) (learned)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "te",
"2": "ప్రశ్న",
"lbor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Telugu: ప్రశ్న (praśna) (learned)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Telugu: ప్రశ్న (praśna) (learned)"
}
],
"etymology_number": 2,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "प्रछ्",
"3": "-न",
"nocat": "",
"pos1": "",
"pos2": "",
"t1": "",
"t2": "",
"tr2": ""
},
"expansion": "प्रछ् (prach) + -न (-na)",
"name": "suf"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "sa",
"3": "प्रछ्",
"id": ""
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*preḱ-"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "प्रछ्",
"2": "-न",
"PIE": "preḱ"
},
"expansion": "From the root प्रछ् (prach) + -न (-na)",
"name": "sa-root"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From the root प्रछ् (prach) + -न (-na), whence पृच्छति (pṛccháti, “to ask, question, interrogate”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "praśná",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sa-decl-noun-m",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्नः",
"roman": "praśnáḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्नौ",
"roman": "praśnaú",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"nominative"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्ना1",
"roman": "praśnā́1",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"nominative"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्नाः",
"roman": "praśnā́ḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्नासः1",
"roman": "praśnā́saḥ1",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्नम्",
"roman": "praśnám",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्नौ",
"roman": "praśnaú",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्ना1",
"roman": "praśnā́1",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्नान्",
"roman": "praśnā́n",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्नेन",
"roman": "praśnéna",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्नाभ्याम्",
"roman": "praśnā́bhyām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"instrumental"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्नैः",
"roman": "praśnaíḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्नेभिः1",
"roman": "praśnébhiḥ1",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्नाय",
"roman": "praśnā́ya",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्नाभ्याम्",
"roman": "praśnā́bhyām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्नेभ्यः",
"roman": "praśnébhyaḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्नात्",
"roman": "praśnā́t",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्नाभ्याम्",
"roman": "praśnā́bhyām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्नेभ्यः",
"roman": "praśnébhyaḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्नस्य",
"roman": "praśnásya",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्नयोः",
"roman": "praśnáyoḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्नानाम्",
"roman": "praśnā́nām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्ने",
"roman": "praśné",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"locative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्नयोः",
"roman": "praśnáyoḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"locative"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्नेषु",
"roman": "praśnéṣu",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"locative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्न",
"roman": "práśna",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्नौ",
"roman": "práśnau",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्ना1",
"roman": "práśnā1",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्नाः",
"roman": "práśnāḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "प्रश्नासः1",
"roman": "práśnāsaḥ1",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"g": "m",
"tr": "praśná"
},
"expansion": "प्रश्न • (praśná) stem, m",
"name": "sa-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "praśná"
},
"name": "sa-decl-noun-m"
}
],
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"lang_code": "sa",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "friendly enquiry after a person's health or welfare, salutation",
"text": "कुशलप्रश्न (kúśala-praśna)"
}
],
"glosses": [
"question, demand, interrogation, query, inquiry; also in compounds"
],
"links": [
[
"question",
"question"
],
[
"demand",
"demand"
],
[
"interrogation",
"interrogation"
],
[
"query",
"query"
],
[
"inquiry",
"inquiry"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"question, demand, interrogation, query, inquiry; also in compounds:"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
"sa:Law"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "interrogation of witnesses",
"text": "साक्षिप्रश्न (sā-kṣi-praśna)"
}
],
"glosses": [
"judicial inquiry or examination"
],
"links": [
[
"law",
"law#English"
],
[
"judicial",
"judicial"
],
[
"inquiry",
"inquiry"
],
[
"examination",
"examination"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(law) judicial inquiry or examination"
],
"topics": [
"law"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
"sa:Astrology"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "inquiring into divine phenomena, augury",
"text": "दिव्यप्रश्न (divyá-praśna)"
},
{
"english": "\"consulting the gods\", fortune-telling",
"text": "देवप्रश्न (devá-praśna)"
},
{
"english": "inquiring of fate, astrology",
"text": "दैवप्रश्न (daíva-praśna)"
}
],
"glosses": [
"astrological inquiry into the future"
],
"links": [
[
"astrology",
"astrology"
],
[
"astrological",
"astrological"
],
[
"inquiry",
"inquiry"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(astrology) astrological inquiry into the future"
],
"topics": [
"astrology",
"human-sciences",
"mysticism",
"philosophy",
"sciences"
]
},
{
"examples": [
{
"english": "to decide a controverted point",
"text": "प्रत्नम् प्रब्रवीति (praśnam pra-√brū)"
},
{
"english": "to lay a question before any one for decision",
"text": "प्रत्नम् एति (praśnam √i) (+ accusative) or प्रत्नम् आ गच्छति (praśnam ā √gam) (+locative of person)"
},
{
"english": "the point at issue is before thy father",
"text": "प्रश्नस् तव पितरि (praśnas tava pitari)"
}
],
"glosses": [
"a subject of inquiry, point at issue, controversy, problem"
],
"links": [
[
"subject",
"subject"
],
[
"inquiry",
"inquiry"
],
[
"point",
"point"
],
[
"issue",
"issue"
],
[
"controversy",
"controversy"
],
[
"problem",
"problem"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"a task or lesson (in Vedic recitation)"
],
"links": [
[
"task",
"task"
],
[
"lesson",
"lesson"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"a short section or paragraph (in books)"
],
"links": [
[
"section",
"section"
]
]
}
],
"word": "प्रश्न"
}
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