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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Classical Sanskrit प्रभाकीट (prabhākīṭa). Equivalent to प्रभा (prabhā) +‎ कीट (kīṭ).

Pronunciation

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  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /pɾə.bʱɑː.kiːʈ/, [pɾɐ.bʱäː.kiːʈ]

Noun

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प्रभाकीट (prabhākīṭm[1][2][3][4][5][6]

  1. (literary, rare) firefly
    Synonyms: पटबीजना (paṭbījnā), किर्मक-ए-शब-ताब (kirmak-e-śab-tāb), खद्योत (khadyot), ज्योतिरिंगण (jyotiriṅgaṇ), जुगनू (jugnū)

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “प्रभाकीट”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
  2. ^ Platts, John T. (1884) “prabhā-kīṭ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  3. ^ प्रभाकीट”, in Hindi Dictionary: For the Use of Schools (in Hindi), India: Calcutta School-book and Vernacular Literature Society, 1863, page 203.
  4. ^ Miśra, Chailabihārī, “प्रभाकीट”, in Abhinava Hindī-An̐grezī-Hindī kośa [Modern Hindi-English Dictionary], Āloka Bhāratī, 1991, page 145.
  5. ^ Vimlesh Kumar Shastri, “प्रभाकीट”, in Hindi Samantar Kosh [Hindi parallel dictionary], India: Diamond Pocket Books (P) Limited, page 147.
  6. ^ YCT Expert Team, “प्रभाकीट”, in अध्ययन सामग्री [Study Material] (in Hindi): YOUTH COMPETITION TIMES, page 17.

Sanskrit

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Etymology

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Compound of प्रभा (prabhā́, light) +‎ कीट (kīṭá, insect), literally light-insect.

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प्रभाकीट (prabhākīṭa) stemm [1][2][3][4][5]

  1. (Classical Sanskrit) a firefly
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:खद्योत
    • c. 1400 – 1600, Rājanighaṇṭu 168:
      प्रभाकीटस्तु खद्योतः खज्योतिरुपसूर्यकः
      prabhākīṭastu khadyotaḥ khajyotirupasūryakaḥ
      And a firefly is khadyota, khajyotis, upasūryaka.

Declension

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Masculine a-stem declension of प्रभाकीट (prabhākīṭa)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative प्रभाकीटः
prabhākīṭaḥ
प्रभाकीटौ
prabhākīṭau
प्रभाकीटाः
prabhākīṭāḥ
Vocative प्रभाकीट
prabhākīṭa
प्रभाकीटौ
prabhākīṭau
प्रभाकीटाः
prabhākīṭāḥ
Accusative प्रभाकीटम्
prabhākīṭam
प्रभाकीटौ
prabhākīṭau
प्रभाकीटान्
prabhākīṭān
Instrumental प्रभाकीटेन
prabhākīṭena
प्रभाकीटाभ्याम्
prabhākīṭābhyām
प्रभाकीटैः
prabhākīṭaiḥ
Dative प्रभाकीटाय
prabhākīṭāya
प्रभाकीटाभ्याम्
prabhākīṭābhyām
प्रभाकीटेभ्यः
prabhākīṭebhyaḥ
Ablative प्रभाकीटात्
prabhākīṭāt
प्रभाकीटाभ्याम्
prabhākīṭābhyām
प्रभाकीटेभ्यः
prabhākīṭebhyaḥ
Genitive प्रभाकीटस्य
prabhākīṭasya
प्रभाकीटयोः
prabhākīṭayoḥ
प्रभाकीटानाम्
prabhākīṭānām
Locative प्रभाकीटे
prabhākīṭe
प्रभाकीटयोः
prabhākīṭayoḥ
प्रभाकीटेषु
prabhākīṭeṣu

References

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  1. ^ Monier Williams (1899) “प्रभाकीट”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 684, column 1.
  2. ^ Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “प्रभा-कीट”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 1098
  3. ^ Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “prabhākīṭa”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
  4. ^ Borooah, Anundoram, “प्रभाकीट” in A Practical English-Sanskrit Dictionary: Falsification to Oyster. With a supplementary treatise on higher Sanskrit grammar, India: Saraswati Press, 1879, page 609.
  5. ^ Purandare, Nārāyaṇaśarmā Viṭṭhala; Naraharipaṇḍita, “प्रभाकीट”, in Dhanvantarīyanighaṇṭu [Dhanavantari's glossary], India: Ānandāśramaviśvastaiḥ, 1986, page 86.