Pratishabda, Pratiśabda, Prati-shabda: 12 definitions
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Pratishabda means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Hindi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
The Sanskrit term Pratiśabda can be transliterated into English as Pratisabda or Pratishabda, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Pratishabd.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarypratiśabda (प्रतिशब्द).—m (S) Reverberated or repeated sound, echo. Ex. pra0 vari dēta ambara || daśavakatra haḍabaḍilā ||. 2 A word formed by reduplication;--as. dhōraṇa from dhāraṇa, bhikarī from bhākarī, gigaḍa from dagaḍa. See under upaśabda.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishpratiśabda (प्रतिशब्द).—m Echo.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPratiśabda (प्रतिशब्द).—
1) echo, reverberation; वसुधाधरकन्दराभिसर्पी प्रतिशब्दोऽपि हरेर्भिनत्ति नागान् (vasudhādharakandarābhisarpī pratiśabdo'pi harerbhinatti nāgān) V. 1.16; Kumārasambhava 6.64; R.2.28.
2) a roar.
Derivable forms: pratiśabdaḥ (प्रतिशब्दः).
Pratiśabda is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms prati and śabda (शब्द).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryPratiśabda (प्रतिशब्द).—m.
(-bdaḥ) 1. Echo. 2. A roar.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryPratiśabda (प्रतिशब्द).—[prati-śabda], m. Echo, [Pañcatantra] 57, 15.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryPratiśabda (प्रतिशब्द).—[masculine] resonance, echo.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryPratiśabda (प्रतिशब्द):—[=prati-śabda] (or daka, [Kādambarī; Harṣacarita]) m. echo, reverberation, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa; Raghuvaṃśa] etc.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Pratiśabda (प्रतिशब्द) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Paḍisadda.
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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryPratiśabda (प्रतिशब्द) [Also spelled pratishabd]:—(nm) a synonym, equivalent word, synonymous word.
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Nepali dictionary
Source: unoes: Nepali-English DictionaryPratiśabda (प्रतिशब्द):—n. 1. echo; reverberation; 2. synonym; adv. in each word;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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Partial matches: Shabda, Prati.
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