पर्ण

Hindi

Etymology

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value). Doublet of पन्ना (pannā, page) and पान (pān, betel leaf).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /pəɾɳ/, [pɐɾɳ]

Noun

पर्ण • (parṇ) m (Urdu spelling پرن)

  1. feather (of a bird)
    Synonym: पर (par)
  2. leaf (of a tree)
    Synonyms: पत्ता (pattā), पत्र (patra)

Declension

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

References

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *parnám (leaf, feather, wing), from Proto-Indo-European *pornóm (feather, wing). Cognate with Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬥𐬀 (parəna), Lithuanian spar̃nas (wing), English fern.

Pronunciation

Noun

पर्ण • (parṇá) stem, n

  1. pinion, feather (also of an arrow), wing
  2. leaf (regarded as the plumage of a tree)

Declension

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Derived terms

Borrowed terms

  • Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
  • Tamil: பர்ணம் (parṇam), பன்னம் (paṉṉam)
  • Kannada: ಪರ್ಣ (parṇa)

Descendants

References

  • Monier Williams (1899), पर्ण”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 606/2.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 97
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), parṇá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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