प्रवास

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit प्रवास (pravāsa).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /pɾə.ʋɑːs/, [pɾɐ.ʋäːs]

Noun

प्रवास • (pravās) m

1. foreign residence, exile, living abroad; abroad
2. trip abroad

Declension

Declension of प्रवास (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	प्रवास pravās	प्रवास pravās
oblique	प्रवास pravās	प्रवासों pravāsõ
vocative	प्रवास pravās	प्रवासो pravāso

Derived terms

• प्रवासपत्र (pravāspatra)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “प्रवास”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit प्रवास (pravāsa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾə.ʋas/

Noun

प्रवास • (pravās) m

1. trip, travel, peregrination

Declension

Declension of प्रवास (masc cons-stem)
direct singular	प्रवास pravās
direct plural	प्रवास pravās
	singular एकवचन		plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	प्रवास pravās		प्रवास pravās
oblique सामान्यरूप	प्रवासा pravāsā		प्रवासां- pravāsān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	प्रवासाला pravāsālā		प्रवासांना pravāsānnā
ergative	प्रवासाने, प्रवासानं pravāsāne, pravāsāna		प्रवासांनी pravāsānnī
instrumental	प्रवासाशी pravāsāśī		प्रवासांशी pravāsānśī
locative सप्तमी	प्रवासात pravāsāt		प्रवासांत pravāsāt
vocative संबोधन	प्रवासा pravāsā		प्रवासांनो pravāsānno
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 प्रवास (masc 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	प्रवासाचा pravāsāċā	प्रवासाचे pravāsāċe	प्रवासाची pravāsācī	प्रवासाच्या pravāsācā	प्रवासाचे, प्रवासाचं pravāsāċe, pravāsāċa	प्रवासाची pravāsācī	प्रवासाच्या pravāsācā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	प्रवासांचा pravāsānċā	प्रवासांचे pravāsānċe	प्रवासांची pravāsāñcī	प्रवासांच्या pravāsāncā	प्रवासांचे, प्रवासांचं pravāsānċe, pravāsānċa	प्रवासांची pravāsāñcī	प्रवासांच्या pravāsāñcā
* 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, “प्रवास”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “प्रवास”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• প্ৰৱাস (Assamese script)
• ᬧ᭄ᬭᬯᬵᬲ (Balinese script)
• প্রবাস (Bengali script)
• 𑰢𑰿𑰨𑰪𑰯𑰭 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀧𑁆𑀭𑀯𑀸𑀲 (Brahmi script)
• ပြဝါသ (Burmese script)
• પ્રવાસ (Gujarati script)
• ਪ੍ਰਵਾਸ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌵𑌾𑌸 (Grantha script)
• ꦥꦿꦮꦴꦱ (Javanese script)
• 𑂣𑂹𑂩𑂫𑂰𑂮 (Kaithi script)
• ಪ್ರವಾಸ (Kannada script)
• ប្រវាស (Khmer script)
• ປ຺ຣວາສ (Lao script)
• പ്രവാസ (Malayalam script)
• ᢒᡵᠠᠸᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠰ᠌ᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘢𑘿𑘨𑘪𑘰𑘭 (Modi script)
• ᢒᠷᠠᠸᠠᢗᠰᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧂𑧠𑧈𑧊𑧑𑧍 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐥𑑂𑐬𑐰𑐵𑐳 (Newa script)
• ପ୍ରଵାସ (Odia script)
• ꢦ꣄ꢬꢮꢵꢱ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆥𑇀𑆫𑆮𑆳𑆱 (Sharada script)
• 𑖢𑖿𑖨𑖪𑖯𑖭 (Siddham script)
• ප්‍රවාස (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩰 𑪙𑩼𑩾𑩛𑪁 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚞𑚶𑚤𑚦𑚭𑚨 (Takri script)
• ப்ரவாஸ (Tamil script)
• ప్రవాస (Telugu script)
• ปฺรวาส (Thai script)
• པྲ་ཝཱ་ས (Tibetan script)
• 𑒣𑓂𑒩𑒫𑒰𑒮 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨞𑩇𑨫𑨭𑨊𑨰 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From प्र- (pra-, “forth”) +‎ वस् (vas, “to dwell, stay”). Probably literally, “going forth to stay”.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɾɐ.ʋɑː.sɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /pɾɐˈʋɑː.s̪ɐ/

Noun

प्रवास • (pravāsa) stem, m

1. a trip
2. foreign residence

Descendants

• → Hindi: प्रवास (pravās)
• → Marathi: प्रवास (pravās)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “प्रवास”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 691, column 1.