ప్రకృతి

Telugu edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Sanskrit प्रकृति (prakṛti).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ప్రకృతి (prakr̥tif (plural ప్రకృతులు)

  1. the original or natural form of anything, natural condition or state, original or primary substance.
  2. cause, origin, source.
  3. nature, character, constitution, disposition, temper, temperament.
  4. nature, (as opp. to Purusha or Spirit) the creation, universe.
  5. (mathematics) a coefficient, multiplier.
  6. the common people (collectively).
  7. (grammar) the crude elementary or radical form of a word, a primitive word root, radix, radical, etymon.
  8. a metre having 21 syllables per line of verse.

Antonyms edit

References edit

"ప్రకృతి" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 824