प्राचीर
Hindi
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Classical Sanskrit प्राचीर (prācīra).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /pɾɑː.t͡ʃiːɾ/, [pɾäː.t͡ʃiːɾ]
Noun
प्राचीर • (prācīr) f or m (Urdu spelling پراچِیر) (formal)
- wall, enclosure, rampart, fence
- Synonyms: दीवार (dīvār), फ़सील (fasīl), भित्ति (bhitti), प्राकार (prākār), अवहालिका (avhālikā), कंथा (kanthā), कंबल (kambal), कक्षा (kakṣā), साला (sālā), साल (sāl), वार्य (vārya), मूलस्थान (mūlasthān), प्रदेश (pradeś), नेम (nem)
- 2020 August 15, “लाल किले से PM मोदी ने चीन-पाकिस्तान दोनों को चेताया-LOC हो या LAC...”, in NDTV India:
- पीएम नरेंद्र मोदी ने आज देश के 74वें स्वतंत्रता दिवस पर लाल किले की प्राचीर से चीन चेताते हुए कहा कि लेकिन LOC से लेकर LAC तक, देश की संप्रभुता पर जिस किसी ने आंख उठाई है, देश ने देश की सेना ने उसका उसी भाषा में जवाब दिया है.
- pīem narendra modī ne āj deś ke 74vẽ svatantratā divas par lāl kile kī prācīr se cīn cetāte hue kahā ki lekin LOC se lekar LAC tak, deś kī samprabhutā par jis kisī ne ā̃kh uṭhāī hai, deś ne deś kī senā ne uskā usī bhāṣā mẽ javāb diyā hai.
- PM Modi warned China from the wall of the Red Fort on the country's 74th Independence Day today: from the LOC to the LAC, the country and its army have responded in the same language to anyone who has raised an eye on the sovereignty of the country.
Declension
Further reading
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “प्राचीर”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 3220
- Platts, John T. (1884), “प्राचीर”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 235
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “प्राचीर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 668
- “प्राचीर”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬧ᭄ᬭᬵᬘᬷᬭ (Balinese script)
- প্ৰাচীৰ (Assamese script)
- প্রাচীর (Bengali script)
- 𑰢𑰿𑰨𑰯𑰓𑰱𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀧𑁆𑀭𑀸𑀘𑀻𑀭 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌚𑍀𑌰 (Grantha script)
- પ્રાચીર (Gujarati script)
- ਪੑਰਾਚੀਰ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦥꦿꦴꦕꦷꦫ (Javanese script)
- ប្រាចីរ (Khmer script)
- ಪ್ರಾಚೀರ (Kannada script)
- ປ຺ຣາຈີຣ (Lao script)
- പ്രാചീര (Malayalam script)
- 𑘢𑘿𑘨𑘰𑘓𑘲𑘨 (Modi script)
- ᢒᠷᠠᢗᢋᢈᢈᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- ᢒᡵᠠ᠊ᠠᢜᡳᡳᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
- ပြာစီရ (Burmese script)
- 𑧂𑧠𑧈𑧑𑦳𑧓𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐥𑑂𑐬𑐵𑐔𑐷𑐬 (Newa script)
- ପ୍ରାଚୀର (Oriya script)
- ꢦ꣄ꢬꢵꢗꢷꢬ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆥𑇀𑆫𑆳𑆖𑆵𑆫 (Sharada script)
- 𑖢𑖿𑖨𑖯𑖓𑖱𑖨 (Siddham script)
- ප්රාචීර (Sinhalese script)
- ప్రాచీర (Telugu script)
- ปฺราจีร (Thai script)
- པྲཱ་ཙཱི་ར (Tibetan script)
- 𑒣𑓂𑒩𑒰𑒔𑒲𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
Perhaps related to प्राकार (prākāra).
Noun
प्राचीर • (prācīra) m or n (Classical Sanskrit)
- an enclosure, hedge, fence, wall
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:भित्ति
Declension
| Masculine a-stem declension of प्राचीर (prācīra) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | प्राचीरः prācīraḥ |
प्राचीरौ prācīrau |
प्राचीराः / प्राचीरासः¹ prācīrāḥ / prācīrāsaḥ¹ |
| Vocative | प्राचीर prācīra |
प्राचीरौ prācīrau |
प्राचीराः / प्राचीरासः¹ prācīrāḥ / prācīrāsaḥ¹ |
| Accusative | प्राचीरम् prācīram |
प्राचीरौ prācīrau |
प्राचीरान् prācīrān |
| Instrumental | प्राचीरेण prācīreṇa |
प्राचीराभ्याम् prācīrābhyām |
प्राचीरैः / प्राचीरेभिः¹ prācīraiḥ / prācīrebhiḥ¹ |
| Dative | प्राचीराय prācīrāya |
प्राचीराभ्याम् prācīrābhyām |
प्राचीरेभ्यः prācīrebhyaḥ |
| Ablative | प्राचीरात् prācīrāt |
प्राचीराभ्याम् prācīrābhyām |
प्राचीरेभ्यः prācīrebhyaḥ |
| Genitive | प्राचीरस्य prācīrasya |
प्राचीरयोः prācīrayoḥ |
प्राचीराणाम् prācīrāṇām |
| Locative | प्राचीरे prācīre |
प्राचीरयोः prācīrayoḥ |
प्राचीरेषु prācīreṣu |
| Notes |
| ||
| Neuter a-stem declension of प्राचीर (prācīra) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | प्राचीरम् prācīram |
प्राचीरे prācīre |
प्राचीराणि / प्राचीरा¹ prācīrāṇi / prācīrā¹ |
| Vocative | प्राचीर prācīra |
प्राचीरे prācīre |
प्राचीराणि / प्राचीरा¹ prācīrāṇi / prācīrā¹ |
| Accusative | प्राचीरम् prācīram |
प्राचीरे prācīre |
प्राचीराणि / प्राचीरा¹ prācīrāṇi / prācīrā¹ |
| Instrumental | प्राचीरेण prācīreṇa |
प्राचीराभ्याम् prācīrābhyām |
प्राचीरैः / प्राचीरेभिः¹ prācīraiḥ / prācīrebhiḥ¹ |
| Dative | प्राचीराय prācīrāya |
प्राचीराभ्याम् prācīrābhyām |
प्राचीरेभ्यः prācīrebhyaḥ |
| Ablative | प्राचीरात् prācīrāt |
प्राचीराभ्याम् prācīrābhyām |
प्राचीरेभ्यः prācīrebhyaḥ |
| Genitive | प्राचीरस्य prācīrasya |
प्राचीरयोः prācīrayoḥ |
प्राचीराणाम् prācīrāṇām |
| Locative | प्राचीरे prācīre |
प्राचीरयोः prācīrayoḥ |
प्राचीरेषु prācīreṣu |
| Notes |
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Descendants
- Ashokan Prakrit: *𑀧𑀸𑀘𑀻𑀮 (*pācīla)
- Magadhi Prakrit: *𑀧𑀜𑁆𑀘𑀻𑀮 (*pañcīla)
- Bengali: পাঁচিল (pãcil)
- Oriya: ପାଚିରୀ (paciri), ପାଚେରୀ (paceri)
- Magadhi Prakrit: *𑀧𑀜𑁆𑀘𑀻𑀮 (*pañcīla)
- → Assamese: প্ৰাচীৰ (prasir) (learned)
- → Bengali: প্রাচীর (pracīr) (learned)
- → Hindustani: prācīr (learned)
- Hindi: प्राचीर
- Urdu: پراچِیر
- → Oriya: ପ୍ରାଚୀର (pracirô) (learned)
- → Sinhalese: ප්රාචීරය (prācīraya) (learned)
- → Tamil: பிராசீரம் (pirācīram) (learned)
- → Telugu: ప్రాచీరము (prācīramu) (learned)
Further reading
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “prācīra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 500
- Monier Williams (1899), “प्राचीर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 703.
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2023), “prācīra”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
- Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890), “प्राचीर”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 1126
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “प्राचीर”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 184
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