प्राचीर

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Classical Sanskrit प्राचीर (prācīra).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /pɾɑː.t͡ʃiːɾ/, [pɾäː.t͡ʃiːɾ]

Noun

प्राचीर • (prācīr) f or m (Urdu spelling پراچِیر) (formal)

1. wall, enclosure, rampart, fence

   Synonyms: दीवार (dīvār), फ़सील (fasīl), भित्ति (bhitti), प्राकार (prākār), अवहालिका (avhālikā), कंथा (kanthā), कंबल (kambal), कक्षा (kakṣā), साला (sālā), साल (sāl), वार्य (vārya), मूलस्थान (mūlasthān), प्रदेश (pradeś), नेम (nem)

   • 2020 August 15, “लाल किले से PM मोदी ने चीन-पाकिस्तान दोनों को चेताया-LOC हो या LAC...”, in NDTV India‎^[1]:

     पीएम नरेंद्र मोदी ने आज देश के 74वें स्वतंत्रता दिवस पर लाल किले की प्राचीर से चीन चेताते हुए कहा कि लेकिन LOC से लेकर LAC तक, देश की संप्रभुता पर जिस किसी ने आंख उठाई है, देश ने देश की सेना ने उसका उसी भाषा में जवाब दिया है.

     pīem narendra modī ne āj deś ke 74vẽ svatantratā divas par lāl kile kī prācīr se cīn cetāte hue kahā ki lekin LOC se lekar LAC tak, deś kī samprabhutā par jis kisī ne āṅkh uṭhāī hai, deś ne deś kī senā ne uskā usī bhāṣā mẽ javāb diyā hai.

     PM Modi warned China from the wall of the Red Fort on the country's 74th Independence Day today: from the LOC to the LAC, the country and its army have responded in the same language to anyone who has raised an eye on the sovereignty of the country.

Declension

Declension of प्राचीर (fem cons-stem // masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	प्राचीर prācīr	प्राचीरें, प्राचीर prācīrẽ, prācīr
oblique	प्राचीर prācīr	प्राचीरों prācīrõ
vocative	प्राचीर prācīr	प्राचीरो prācīro

Further reading

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “प्राचीर”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 3220
• Platts, John T. (1884) “प्राचीर”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 235
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “प्राचीर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 668
• “प्राचीर”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• প্ৰাচীৰ (Assamese script)
• ᬧ᭄ᬭᬵᬘᬷᬭ (Balinese script)
• প্রাচীর (Bengali script)
• 𑰢𑰿𑰨𑰯𑰓𑰱𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀧𑁆𑀭𑀸𑀘𑀻𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• ပြာစီရ (Burmese script)
• પ્રાચીર (Gujarati script)
• ਪ੍ਰਾਚੀਰ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌚𑍀𑌰 (Grantha script)
• ꦥꦿꦴꦕꦷꦫ (Javanese script)
• 𑂣𑂹𑂩𑂰𑂒𑂲𑂩 (Kaithi script)
• ಪ್ರಾಚೀರ (Kannada script)
• ប្រាចីរ (Khmer script)
• ປ຺ຣາຈີຣ (Lao script)
• പ്രാചീര (Malayalam script)
• ᢒᡵᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢜᡳᡳᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘢𑘿𑘨𑘰𑘓𑘲𑘨 (Modi script)
• ᢒᠷᠠᢗᢋᠢᠢᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧂𑧠𑧈𑧑𑦳𑧓𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐥𑑂𑐬𑐵𑐔𑐷𑐬 (Newa script)
• ପ୍ରାଚୀର (Odia script)
• ꢦ꣄ꢬꢵꢗꢷꢬ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆥𑇀𑆫𑆳𑆖𑆵𑆫 (Sharada script)
• 𑖢𑖿𑖨𑖯𑖓𑖱𑖨 (Siddham script)
• ප්‍රාචීර (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩰 𑪙𑩼𑩛𑩡𑩑𑩛𑩼 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚞𑚶𑚤𑚭𑚏𑚯𑚤 (Takri script)
• ப்ராசீர (Tamil script)
• ప్రాచీర (Telugu script)
• ปฺราจีร (Thai script)
• པྲཱ་ཙཱི་ར (Tibetan script)
• 𑒣𑓂𑒩𑒰𑒔𑒲𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨞𑩇𑨫𑨊𑨣𑨁𑨊𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Perhaps related to प्राकार (prākāra).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /pɾɑː.t͡ɕiː.ɾɐ/

Noun

प्राचीर • (prācīra) stem, m or n (Classical Sanskrit)

1. an enclosure, hedge, fence, wall

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:भित्ति

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of प्राचीर

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	प्राचीरः (prācīraḥ)	प्राचीरौ (prācīrau)	प्राचीराः (prācīrāḥ)
accusative	प्राचीरम् (prācīram)	प्राचीरौ (prācīrau)	प्राचीरान् (prācīrān)
instrumental	प्राचीरेण (prācīreṇa)	प्राचीराभ्याम् (prācīrābhyām)	प्राचीरैः (prācīraiḥ)
dative	प्राचीराय (prācīrāya)	प्राचीराभ्याम् (prācīrābhyām)	प्राचीरेभ्यः (prācīrebhyaḥ)
ablative	प्राचीरात् (prācīrāt)	प्राचीराभ्याम् (prācīrābhyām)	प्राचीरेभ्यः (prācīrebhyaḥ)
genitive	प्राचीरस्य (prācīrasya)	प्राचीरयोः (prācīrayoḥ)	प्राचीराणाम् (prācīrāṇām)
locative	प्राचीरे (prācīre)	प्राचीरयोः (prācīrayoḥ)	प्राचीरेषु (prācīreṣu)
vocative	प्राचीर (prācīra)	प्राचीरौ (prācīrau)	प्राचीराः (prācīrāḥ)

Neuter a-stem declension of प्राचीर

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	प्राचीरम् (prācīram)	प्राचीरे (prācīre)	प्राचीराणि (prācīrāṇi)
accusative	प्राचीरम् (prācīram)	प्राचीरे (prācīre)	प्राचीराणि (prācīrāṇi)
instrumental	प्राचीरेण (prācīreṇa)	प्राचीराभ्याम् (prācīrābhyām)	प्राचीरैः (prācīraiḥ)
dative	प्राचीराय (prācīrāya)	प्राचीराभ्याम् (prācīrābhyām)	प्राचीरेभ्यः (prācīrebhyaḥ)
ablative	प्राचीरात् (prācīrāt)	प्राचीराभ्याम् (prācīrābhyām)	प्राचीरेभ्यः (prācīrebhyaḥ)
genitive	प्राचीरस्य (prācīrasya)	प्राचीरयोः (prācīrayoḥ)	प्राचीराणाम् (prācīrāṇām)
locative	प्राचीरे (prācīre)	प्राचीरयोः (prācīrayoḥ)	प्राचीरेषु (prācīreṣu)
vocative	प्राचीर (prācīra)	प्राचीरे (prācīre)	प्राचीराणि (prācīrāṇi)

Descendants

• Ashokan Prakrit: *𑀧𑀸𑀘𑀻𑀮 (*pācīla)
  • Magadhi Prakrit: *𑀧𑀜𑁆𑀘𑀻𑀮 (*pañcīla)
    • Bengali: পাঁচিল (pãcil)
    • Odia: ପାଚିରୀ (pāciri), ପାଚେରୀ (pāceri)
• → Assamese: প্ৰাচীৰ (prasir) (learned)
• → Bengali: প্রাচীর (pracir) (learned)
• → Hindustani: prācīr (learned)

  Hindi: प्राचीर

  Urdu: پراچِیر (prācīr)

• → Odia: ପ୍ରାଚୀର (prācira) (learned)
• → Sinhalese: ප්‍රාචීරය (prācīraya) (learned)
• → Tamil: பிராசீரம் (pirācīram) (learned)
• → Telugu: ప్రాచీరము (prācīramu) (learned)

Further reading

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “prācīra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 500
• Monier Williams (1899) “प्राचीर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 703.
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “prācīra”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “प्राचीर”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 1126
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “प्राचीर”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 184