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पृच्छति
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Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- পৃচ্ছতি (Assamese script)
- ᬧᬺᬘ᭄ᬙᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
- পৃচ্ছতি (Bengali script)
- 𑰢𑰴𑰓𑰿𑰔𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀧𑀾𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
- ပၖစ္ဆတိ (Burmese script)
- પૃચ્છતિ (Gujarati script)
- ਪ੍ਰਚ੍ਛਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌪𑍃𑌚𑍍𑌛𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
- ꦥꦽꦕ꧀ꦖꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
- 𑂣𑃂𑂒𑂹𑂓𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
- ಪೃಚ್ಛತಿ (Kannada script)
- ប្ឫច្ឆតិ (Khmer script)
- ປ຺ຣິຈ຺ຉຕິ (Lao script)
- പൃച്ഛതി (Malayalam script)
- ᢒᡵᡳᢜᡮᠠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘢𑘵𑘓𑘿𑘔𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
- ᢒᠷᠢᢋᠼᠠᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧂𑧖𑦳𑧠𑦴𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐥𑐺𑐔𑑂𑐕𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
- ପୃଚ୍ଛତି (Odia script)
- ꢦꢺꢗ꣄ꢘꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆥𑆸𑆖𑇀𑆗𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
- 𑖢𑖴𑖓𑖿𑖔𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
- පෘච්ඡති (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩰𑩙𑩡 𑪙𑩢𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚞𑚏𑚶𑚐𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
- ப்ரிச்ச²தி (Tamil script)
- పృచ్ఛతి (Telugu script)
- ปฺฤจฺฉติ (Thai script)
- པྲྀ་ཙྪ་ཏི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒣𑒵𑒔𑓂𑒕𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨞𑨼𑨉𑨣𑩇𑨤𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Etymology tree
Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *pr̥śćáti, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pr̥šćáti, from Proto-Indo-European *pr̥sḱéti (“to ask”). Cognates include Avestan 𐬞𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬯𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (pərəsaiti), Old Persian 𐎳𐎼𐎰- (f-r-θ- /fraθ-/), Old Armenian հարցանեմ (harcʻanem), Latin poscō, Old English friġnan (whence English frain), Russian проси́ть (prosítʹ), Northern Kurdish pirsîn, Persian پُرسیدَن (porsidan).
Pronunciation
Verb
पृच्छति • (pṛccháti) third-singular indicative (class 6, type P, root प्रछ्)
- to ask, question, pray, interrogate (+ accusative)
- to ask after inquire about (+ accusative)
- to ask or interrogate any one (accusative) about anything
- (astrology) to consult the future
- (with नामतो मातरम् (nāmato mātaram)) to inquire about one's (genitive) mother's name
- (with न (na)) not to trouble oneself with
- to seek, wish, long for
- to ask, ask for, demand, beg, entreat (+ accusative)
- (passive voice) to be asked or questioned about
- to pray
Conjugation
Descendants
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “पृच्छति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 658/1.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “pṛcchati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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