प्रतिष्ठा

Hindi

Etymology

From Sanskrit प्रतिष्ठा (pratiṣṭhā)

Noun

प्रतिष्ठा • (pratiṣṭhā) (gender needed), Urdu spelling پرتشٹھا

1. prestige
2. status
3. dignity
4. fame
5. notoriety
6. rank
7. respect
8. glory
9. a high or honorable position
10. site
11. foundation
12. resting-place

Derived terms

• प्रतिष्ठा करना (pratiṣṭhā karnā)
• प्रतिष्ठा वस्त्र (pratiṣṭhā vastra)

References

• John T. Platts, "A Dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi, and English", URL accessed on 07-07-2012.

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Sanskrit

Noun

प्रतिष्ठा (pratiṣṭhā) f

1. ground, base, pedestal, support
2. performance of any ceremony or any solemn act, any ceremony for obtaining supernatural or magical powers
3. eminence, dignity, status, celebrity, rank
4. high rank or position

Declension

    Feminine ā-stem declension of प्रतिष्ठा

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	प्रतिष्ठा (pratiṣṭhā)	प्रतिष्ठे (pratiṣṭhe)	प्रतिष्ठाः (pratiṣṭhāḥ)
Vocative	प्रतिष्ठे (pratiṣṭhe)	प्रतिष्ठे (pratiṣṭhe)	प्रतिष्ठाः (pratiṣṭhāḥ)
Accusative	प्रतिष्ठाम् (pratiṣṭhām)	प्रतिष्ठे (pratiṣṭhe)	प्रतिष्ठाः (pratiṣṭhāḥ)
Instrumental	प्रतिष्ठया (pratiṣṭhayā)	प्रतिष्ठाभ्याम् (pratiṣṭhābhyām)	प्रतिष्ठाभिः (pratiṣṭhābhiḥ)
Dative	प्रतिष्ठायै (pratiṣṭhāyai)	प्रतिष्ठाभ्याम् (pratiṣṭhābhyām)	प्रतिष्ठाभ्यः (pratiṣṭhābhyaḥ)
Ablative	प्रतिष्ठायाः (pratiṣṭhāyāḥ)	प्रतिष्ठाभ्याम् (pratiṣṭhābhyām)	प्रतिष्ठाभ्यः (pratiṣṭhābhyaḥ)
Genitive	प्रतिष्ठायाः (pratiṣṭhāyāḥ)	प्रतिष्ठयोः (pratiṣṭhayoḥ)	प्रतिष्ठानाम् (pratiṣṭhānām)
Locative	प्रतिष्ठायाम् (pratiṣṭhāyām)	प्रतिष्ठयोः (pratiṣṭhayoḥ)	प्रतिष्ठासु (pratiṣṭhāsu)

References

• John T. Platts, "A Dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi, and English", URL accessed on 07-07-2012.