प्रेम

Hindi

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit प्रेमन् (preman). First attested as Old Hindi प्रेम (prema). Cognate to Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀧𑁂𑀫 (pema).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /pɾeːm/, [pɾẽːm]

Noun

प्रेम (prem) m (Urdu spelling پَریم)

  1. love
    उनके प्रेम की चर्चा घर-घर में हो रही है
    unke prem kī carcā ghar-ghar mẽ ho rahī hai.
    Their love is being talked about in every house.
    Synonyms: प्यार (pyār), इश्क़ (iśq), आशिक़ी (āśiqī), मुहब्बत (muhabbat), प्रीति (prīti)
  2. affection, care

Declension

Proper noun

प्रेम (prem) m (Urdu spelling پَریم)

  1. a male given name, Prem, from Sanskrit

Declension

References

Konkani

Noun

प्रेम (prem) (Latin script prem, Kannada script ಪ್ರೇಮ)

  1. love, passion
  2. affection
  3. attachment, fondness
  4. inclination

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit प्रेमन् (preman).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɾem/

Noun

प्रेम (prem) n

  1. love
    प्रेम आंधळं असतं!
    prem āndhḷa astam!
    Love is blind!
  2. affection

Declension

Declension of प्रेम (prem)
direct
singular
प्रेम
prem
direct
plural
प्रेमे, प्रेमं
preme, prema
singular plural
nominative प्रेम
prem
प्रेमे, प्रेमं
preme, prema
oblique प्रेमा-
premā-
प्रेमां-
premāN-
dative प्रेमाला
premālā
प्रेमांना
premāNnā
ergative प्रेमाने
premāne
प्रेमांनी
premāNni
instrumental प्रेमाशी
premāśi
प्रेमांशी
premāNśi
locative प्रेमात
premāt
प्रेमांत
premāNt
vocative प्रेमा
premā
प्रेमांनो
premāNno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions.
There is no space between the stem and the postposition.
Dative Note: -स (-sa) is archaic. -ते (-te) is limited to literary usage.
Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.
Genitive declension of प्रेम
masculine object feminine object neuter object oblique
singular plural singular plural singular* plural
singular subject प्रेमाचा
premāċā
प्रेमाचे
premāce
प्रेमाची
premāci
प्रेमाच्या
premāca
प्रेमाचे, प्रेमाचं
premāce, premāċa
प्रेमाची
premāci
प्रेमाच्या
premāca
plural subject प्रेमांचा
premāNċā
प्रेमांचे
premāNce
प्रेमांची
premāNci
प्रेमांच्या
premāNca
प्रेमांचे, प्रेमांचं
premāNce, premāNċa
प्रेमांची
premāNci
प्रेमांच्या
premāNca
* Note: Word-final (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as (a).
Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

References

  • Berntsen, Maxine, “प्रेम”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), प्रेम”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
  • Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911), प्रेम”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press

Nepali

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [prem]
  • Phonetic Devanagari: प्रेम्

Noun

प्रेम (prem)

  1. love, affection
    Synonym: माया (māyā)

References

  • प्रेम”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (Nepālī Br̥hat Śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
  • Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993), प्रेम”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar

Old Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit प्रेमन् (preman). Compare Old Punjabi ਪ੍ਰੇਮੁ (premu), Old Marathi 𑘢𑘿𑘨𑘹𑘦 (prema).

Noun

प्रेम (prema)

  1. love, devotion

Descendants

  • Hindustani: prem
    Hindi: प्रेम
    Urdu: پَریم

Further reading

  • Jaroslav Strnad (2013) Morphology and Syntax of Old Hindī : Edition and Analysis of One Hundred Kabīr Vānī Poems From Rājasthān (Brill's Indological Library; 45), Leiden, →OCLC, page 548
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