प्रकरण

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit प्रकरण (prakaraṇa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾək.ɾəɳ/

Noun

प्रकरण • (prakraṇ) n

1. chapter (especially introduction or prologue)

   Synonym: अध्याय (adhyāy)

2. matter, subject, affair

   हे प्रकरण अत्यंत क्लिष्ट आहे।

   he prakraṇ atyanta kliṣṭa āhe.

   This matter is extremely complicated.

Declension

Declension of प्रकरण (neut cons-stem)
direct singular	प्रकरण prakraṇ
direct plural	प्रकरणे, प्रकरणं prakraṇe, prakarṇa
	singular एकवचन		plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	प्रकरण prakraṇ		प्रकरणे, प्रकरणं prakraṇe, prakarṇa
oblique सामान्यरूप	प्रकरणा prakraṇā		प्रकरणां- prakraṇān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	प्रकरणाला prakraṇālā		प्रकरणांना prakraṇānnā
ergative	प्रकरणाने, प्रकरणानं prakraṇāne, prakraṇāna		प्रकरणांनी prakraṇānnī
instrumental	प्रकरणाशी prakraṇāśī		प्रकरणांशी prakraṇānśī
locative सप्तमी	प्रकरणात prakraṇāt		प्रकरणांत prakraṇāt
vocative संबोधन	प्रकरणा prakraṇā		प्रकरणांनो prakraṇānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of प्रकरण (neut cons-stem)
	masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म		feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म		neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म		oblique सामान्यरूप
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular* एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता	प्रकरणाचा prakraṇāċā	प्रकरणाचे prakraṇāċe	प्रकरणाची prakraṇācī	प्रकरणाच्या prakraṇācā	प्रकरणाचे, प्रकरणाचं prakraṇāċe, prakraṇāċa	प्रकरणाची prakraṇācī	प्रकरणाच्या prakraṇācā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	प्रकरणांचा prakraṇānċā	प्रकरणांचे prakraṇānċe	प्रकरणांची prakraṇāñcī	प्रकरणांच्या prakraṇāncā	प्रकरणांचे, प्रकरणांचं prakraṇānċe, prakraṇānċa	प्रकरणांची prakraṇāñcī	प्रकरणांच्या prakraṇāñcā
* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

References

• Berntsen, Maxine, “प्रकरण”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.

Sanskrit

Etymology

Compound of प्र- (pra-) +‎ करण (karaṇa).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɾɐ.kɐ.ɾɐ.ɳɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈpɾɐ.kɐ.ɾɐ.ɳɐ/

Noun

प्रकरण • (prakaraṇa) stem, n

1. production, creation
2. discussion, explanation
3. book, chapter, monograph
4. subject, affair, matter
5. occasion, opportunity

References

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