प्रणक

Sanskrit

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɾɐ.ɳɐ.kɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈpɾɐ.ɳɐ.kɐ/
• Hyphenation: प्र‧ण‧क

Noun

प्रणक • (praṇaka) stem, m

1. a living being, animal, worm

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of प्रणक
Nom. sg.	प्रणकः (praṇakaḥ)
Gen. sg.	प्रणकस्य (praṇakasya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	प्रणकः (praṇakaḥ)	प्रणकौ (praṇakau)	प्रणकाः (praṇakāḥ)
Vocative	प्रणक (praṇaka)	प्रणकौ (praṇakau)	प्रणकाः (praṇakāḥ)
Accusative	प्रणकम् (praṇakam)	प्रणकौ (praṇakau)	प्रणकान् (praṇakān)
Instrumental	प्रणकेन (praṇakena)	प्रणकाभ्याम् (praṇakābhyām)	प्रणकैः (praṇakaiḥ)
Dative	प्रणकाय (praṇakāya)	प्रणकाभ्याम् (praṇakābhyām)	प्रणकेभ्यः (praṇakebhyaḥ)
Ablative	प्रणकात् (praṇakāt)	प्रणकाभ्याम् (praṇakābhyām)	प्रणकेभ्यः (praṇakebhyaḥ)
Genitive	प्रणकस्य (praṇakasya)	प्रणकयोः (praṇakayoḥ)	प्रणकानाम् (praṇakānām)
Locative	प्रणके (praṇake)	प्रणकयोः (praṇakayoḥ)	प्रणकेषु (praṇakeṣu)

Descendants

• Dardic:
  • Gawar-Bati: plaṅ
  • Shumashti: λaṅg
• Pali: pāṇaka
• Prakrit:
  • Southern:
    • Helu Prakrit:
      • Dhivehi: ފަނި (fani)
      • Sinhalese: පණුවා (paṇuwā)
• → Proto-Nuristani:
  • Waigali: praṅ

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “pranaka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 501