प्रकाश

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit प्रकाश (prakāśa).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /pɾə.kɑːʃ/, [pɾɐ.käːʃ]

Noun

प्रकाश • (prakāś) m (Urdu spelling پرکاش)

1. light

   Synonyms: रौशनी (rauśnī), रोशनी (rośnī), ज्योति (jyoti)

2. daylight, sunshine

   Synonym: धूप (dhūp)

3. appearance
4. revelation, elucidation

   सभी विज्ञानों को डारविन के प्रकाश में दिशा बदलनी पड़ी

   sabhī vijñānõ ko ḍārvin ke prakāś mẽ diśā badalnī paṛī

   all science had to change direction with Darwin's revelation

5. publication

Declension

Declension of प्रकाश (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	प्रकाश prakāś	प्रकाश prakāś
oblique	प्रकाश prakāś	प्रकाशों prakāśõ
vocative	प्रकाश prakāś	प्रकाशो prakāśo

Derived terms

• प्रकाशित (prakāśit, “published”)
• प्रकाशन (prakāśan, “publishing”)

Proper noun

प्रकाश • (prakāś) m

1. a male given name, Prakash, from Sanskrit

Adjective

प्रकाश • (prakāś) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling پرکاش)

1. visible, illuminated; bright; shining
2. clear; evident, open
3. public
4. famous, renown

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit प्रकाश (prakāśa).

Noun

प्रकाश • (prakāś) m

1. light, luster, splendor
2. radiance, diffusion, manifestation

References

• Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “प्रकाश”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “प्रकाश”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• প্ৰকাশ (Assamese script)
• ᬧ᭄ᬭᬓᬵᬰ (Balinese script)
• প্রকাশ (Bengali script)
• 𑰢𑰿𑰨𑰎𑰯𑰫 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀧𑁆𑀭𑀓𑀸𑀰 (Brahmi script)
• ပြကာၐ (Burmese script)
• પ્રકાશ (Gujarati script)
• ਪ੍ਰਕਾਸ਼ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌕𑌾𑌶 (Grantha script)
• ꦥꦿꦏꦴꦯ (Javanese script)
• 𑂣𑂹𑂩𑂍𑂰𑂬 (Kaithi script)
• ಪ್ರಕಾಶ (Kannada script)
• ប្រកាឝ (Khmer script)
• ປ຺ຣກາຨ (Lao script)
• പ്രകാശ (Malayalam script)
• ᢒᡵᠠᡬᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡧᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘢𑘿𑘨𑘎𑘰𑘫 (Modi script)
• ᢒᠷᠠᢉᠠᢗᠱᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧂𑧠𑧈𑦮𑧑𑧋 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐥𑑂𑐬𑐎𑐵𑐱 (Newa script)
• ପ୍ରକାଶ (Odia script)
• ꢦ꣄ꢬꢒꢵꢯ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆥𑇀𑆫𑆑𑆳𑆯 (Sharada script)
• 𑖢𑖿𑖨𑖎𑖯𑖫 (Siddham script)
• ප්‍රකාශ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩰 𑪙𑩼𑩜𑩛𑩿 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚞𑚶𑚤𑚊𑚭𑚧 (Takri script)
• ப்ரகாஶ (Tamil script)
• ప్రకాశ (Telugu script)
• ปฺรกาศ (Thai script)
• པྲ་ཀཱ་ཤ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒣𑓂𑒩𑒏𑒰𑒬 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨞𑩇𑨫𑨋𑨊𑨮 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

प्र- (pra-) +‎ काश (kāśa), from the root काश् (kāś).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɾɐ.kɑː.ɕɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /pɾɐˈkɑː.ɕɐ/

Noun

प्रकाश • (prakāśa) stem, m

1. lustre, brightness, light
2. fame
3. the very best of something

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of प्रकाश (prakāśa)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	प्रकाशः prakāśaḥ	प्रकाशौ / प्रकाशा¹ prakāśau / prakāśā¹	प्रकाशाः / प्रकाशासः¹ prakāśāḥ / prakāśāsaḥ¹
Vocative	प्रकाश prakāśa	प्रकाशौ / प्रकाशा¹ prakāśau / prakāśā¹	प्रकाशाः / प्रकाशासः¹ prakāśāḥ / prakāśāsaḥ¹
Accusative	प्रकाशम् prakāśam	प्रकाशौ / प्रकाशा¹ prakāśau / prakāśā¹	प्रकाशान् prakāśān
Instrumental	प्रकाशेन prakāśena	प्रकाशाभ्याम् prakāśābhyām	प्रकाशैः / प्रकाशेभिः¹ prakāśaiḥ / prakāśebhiḥ¹
Dative	प्रकाशाय prakāśāya	प्रकाशाभ्याम् prakāśābhyām	प्रकाशेभ्यः prakāśebhyaḥ
Ablative	प्रकाशात् prakāśāt	प्रकाशाभ्याम् prakāśābhyām	प्रकाशेभ्यः prakāśebhyaḥ
Genitive	प्रकाशस्य prakāśasya	प्रकाशयोः prakāśayoḥ	प्रकाशानाम् prakāśānām
Locative	प्रकाशे prakāśe	प्रकाशयोः prakāśayoḥ	प्रकाशेषु prakāśeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Derived terms

• प्रकाशम् (prakāśam, “evidently, apparently, openly”)
• प्रकाशक (prakāśaka, “sun”)
• प्रकाशन (prakāśana, “explanation, irradiation, exhibition”)
• प्रकाशयति (prakāśayati, “to shine, to publish”)

Descendants

• → Punjabi: ਪ੍ਰਕਾਸ਼ (prakāś)
• → Old Javanese: prakāśa, prakosa
  • > Javanese: ꦥꦿꦏꦱ (prakasa) (inherited)
  • > Javanese: ꦥꦿꦏꦺꦴꦱ (prakosa) (inherited)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “प्रकाश”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 653/1.