पर्वत

Hindi

Alternative forms

  • पर्बत (parbat) in some mountain names, poetic

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /pəɾ.ʋət̪/, [pɐɾ.ʋɐt̪]

Noun

पर्वत • (parvat) m (Urdu spelling پروت)

  1. mountain
    Synonyms: पहाड़ (pahāṛ), कोह (koh), अचल (acal), नग (nag), जबल (jabal)

Declension

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Derived terms

Marathi

Etymology

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Noun

पर्वत • (parvat) m

  1. mountain
  2. hill

Sanskrit

FWOTD – 15 August 2020

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *párwatas (mountain, rock), from Proto-Indo-European *pérwn̥-to-s (rocky), from *pérwr̥ (rock). Cognate with Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬎𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬙𐬁 (pauruuatā, mountain), Hittite 𒁉𒂊𒊒 (pé-e-ru /⁠péru⁠/, rock), 𒁉𒂊𒊒𒈾𒀭𒍝 (pé-e-ru-na-an-za /⁠pérunanta⁠/, rocky, craggy).

Pronunciation

Noun

पर्वत • (párvata) stem, m

  1. mountain, mountain range, height, hill, rock
    • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 5.57.3:
      धूनुथ द्यां पर्वतान्दाशुषे वसु नि वो वना जिहते यामनो भिया ।
      dhūnutha dyāṃ parvatāndāśuṣe vasu ni vo vanā jihate yāmano bhiyā .
      From hills and heaven ye shake wealth for the worshipper: in terror at your coming low the woods bow down.
    • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.39.5:
      प्र वेपयन्ति पर्वतान्वि विञ्चन्ति वनस्पतीन् ।
      pra vepayanti parvatānvi viñcanti vanaspatīn .
      They make the mountains rock and reel, they rend the forest-kings apart.
  2. an artificial mound or heap (of grain, salt, silver, gold etc. presented to Brahmans)
  3. the number 7 (from the 7 principal mountain-ranges)
  4. a fragment of rock, stone
  5. a (mountain-like) cloud
    • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.64.11:
      हिरण्ययेभिः पविभिः पयोवृध उज्जिघ्नन्त आपथ्यो न पर्वतान्
      hiraṇyayebhiḥ pavibhiḥ payovṛdha ujjighnanta āpathyo na parvatān .
      They who with golden fellies make the rain increase drive forward the big clouds like wanderers on the way.

Declension

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Derived terms

Descendants

  • Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀧𑀯𑀢 (pavata)
    • Magadhi Prakrit:
      • Odia: ପାବୁଲି (pabuli)
    • Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀧𑀯𑁆𑀯𑀬 (pavvaya)
    • Paisaci Prakrit:
      • Punjabi: ਪੱਬਤ (pabbat)
      • Punjabi: ਪੱਬੀ (pabbī, plateau)
    • Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀧𑀯𑁆𑀯𑀤 (pavvada)
  • Dardic:
    • Kashmiri:
      Devanagari script: पर्बथ् (parbath), पर्बुथ् (parbuth)
      Arabic script: پَربَتھ (parbath), پَربُتھ (parbuth)
  • Pali: pabbata
  • Assamese: পৰ্বত (porrot), পৰ্ব্বত (porrwot) (learned)
  • Bengali: পর্বত (porbot) (learned)
  • Hindustani: (learned)
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    Urdu: پروت (parvat), پربت (parbat)
  • Kannada: ಪರ್ವತ (parvata) (learned)
  • Malayalam: പർവ്വതം (paṟvvataṁ) (learned)
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  • Nepali: पर्बत् (parbat) (learned)
  • Odia: ପର୍ବତ (pôrbôtô) (learned)
  • Tamil: பர்வதம் (parvatam), பருவதம் (paruvatam), பருப்பதம் (paruppatam) (learned)
  • Telugu: పర్వతము (parvatamu) (learned)

Adjective

पर्वत • (párvata)

  1. knotty, rugged (said of mountains)

Declension

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Feminine ā-stem declension of पर्वता (párvatā)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative पर्वता
párvatā
पर्वते
párvate
पर्वताः
párvatāḥ
Vocative पर्वते
párvate
पर्वते
párvate
पर्वताः
párvatāḥ
Accusative पर्वताम्
párvatām
पर्वते
párvate
पर्वताः
párvatāḥ
Instrumental पर्वतया / पर्वता¹
párvatayā / párvatā¹
पर्वताभ्याम्
párvatābhyām
पर्वताभिः
párvatābhiḥ
Dative पर्वतायै
párvatāyai
पर्वताभ्याम्
párvatābhyām
पर्वताभ्यः
párvatābhyaḥ
Ablative पर्वतायाः
párvatāyāḥ
पर्वताभ्याम्
párvatābhyām
पर्वताभ्यः
párvatābhyaḥ
Genitive पर्वतायाः
párvatāyāḥ
पर्वतयोः
párvatayoḥ
पर्वतानाम्
párvatānām
Locative पर्वतायाम्
párvatāyām
पर्वतयोः
párvatayoḥ
पर्वतासु
párvatāsu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

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References

  • Monier Williams (1899), पर्वत”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0609/1.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 99
  • Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, page 368
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