प्रमाण

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit प्रमाण (pramāṇa).

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /pɾə.mɑːɳ/, [pɾə.mä̃ːɳ]

Noun

प्रमाण • (pramāṇ) m (Urdu spelling پرمان‎)

  1. proof, evidence, vindication, authentication, attestation
    उसके प्रमाण पर आपत्ति मत करो।
    uske pramāṇ par āpatti mat karo.
    Do not question his proof.
    Synonym: सबूत (sabūt)
  2. measure, rate, scale, magnitude, standard (whether of weight, length, or capacity)

Declension
Declension of प्रमाण (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct प्रमाण
pramāṇ		 प्रमाण
pramāṇ
oblique प्रमाण
pramāṇ		 प्रमाणों
pramāṇõ
vocative प्रमाण
pramāṇ		 प्रमाणो
pramāṇo

Derived terms
  • प्रमाण करना (pramāṇ karnā)
  • प्रमाणकर्ता (pramāṇkartā)
  • प्रमाण-पुरुष (pramāṇ-puruṣ)
  • प्रमाणभूत (pramāṇbhūt)

References

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • ᬧ᭄ᬭᬫᬵᬡ (Balinese script)
  • প্ৰমাণ (Assamese script)
  • প্রমাণ (Bengali script)
  • 𑰢𑰿𑰨𑰦𑰯𑰜 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀧𑁆𑀭𑀫𑀸𑀡 (Brahmi script)
  • 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌮𑌾𑌣 (Grantha script)
  • પ્રમાણ (Gujarati script)
  • ਪੑਰਮਾਣ (Gurmukhi script)
  • ꦥꦿꦩꦴꦟ (Javanese script)
  • ប្រមាណ (Khmer script)
  • ಪ್ರಮಾಣ (Kannada script)
  • ປ຺ຣມາຓ (Lao script)
  • പ്രമാണ (Malayalam script)
  • 𑘢𑘿𑘨𑘦𑘰𑘜 (Modi script)
  • ᢒᠷᠠᠮᠠᢗᢏᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
  • ᢒᡵᠠᠮᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢏᠠ (Manchu script)
  • ပြမာဏ (Burmese script)
  • 𑧂𑧠𑧈𑧆𑧑𑦼 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐥𑑂𑐬𑐩𑐵𑐞 (Newa script)
  • ପ୍ରମାଣ (Oriya script)
  • ꢦ꣄ꢬꢪꢵꢠ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆥𑇀𑆫𑆩𑆳𑆟 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖢𑖿𑖨𑖦𑖯𑖜 (Siddham script)
  • ප්රමාණ (Sinhalese script)
  • ప్రమాణ (Telugu script)
  • ปฺรมาณ (Thai script)
  • པྲ་མཱ་ཎ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒣𑓂𑒩𑒧𑒰𑒝 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pramaHnam. Cognate with Old Persian 𐎳𐎼𐎶𐎠𐎴𐎠 (framānā). See modern Persian فرمان‎ (“decree”).

Pronunciation

Noun

प्रमाण • (pramāṇa) n

  1. proof, authority; any proof, testimony, or evidence
  2. measurement, dimensions, length; measure of any kind
  3. accordance of the movements in dancing with music and song

Descendants
  • Pali: pramana
  • Prakrit: 𑀧𑀫𑀸𑀡 (pamāṇa)
    • Central:
      • Sauraseni Prakrit:
        • Gujarati: પરમાણ (parmāṇ)
    • Eastern:
    • Southern:
      • Helu:
        • Dhivehi: ފުރަމާނަ‎ (furamāna)
        • Sinhalese: ප්‍රමාණය (pramāṇaya)
    • Western:
      • Takka Apabhramsa:
        • Punjabi: parmāṇ
          Gurmukhi script: ਪਰ੍ਮਾਣ
          Shahmukhi script: پَرمَاݨ‎

References
  • “Sanskrit Dictionary for Spoken Sanskrit”, in (please provide the title of the work)‎, accessed 2012-01-06
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “pramana”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 492
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