पृच्छति
Sanskrit
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Definitions
- to ask, question, interrogate (+ accusative)
- to ask after inquire about (+ accusative)
- to ask or interrogate any one (accusative) about anything
- (astrology) to consult the future
- (with (tr=nāmato mātaram)) to inquire about one's (genitive) mother's name
- (with न (न)) not to trouble oneself with
- to seek, wish, long for
- to ask, ask for, demand, beg, entreat (+ accusative)
- (passive) to be asked or questioned about
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *pr̥śćáti inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pr̥šćáti inherited from Proto-Indo-European *pr̥sḱéti (ask).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*pr̥sḱéti
Gloss
ask
Concept
Semantic Field
Speech and language
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
聞
Emoji
🙏
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- frain English
- *precō Latin
- apprecor Latin
- deprecor Latin
- posco Latin
- precabundus Latin
- precor Latin
- просить Russian
- *preḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- *pr̥sḱéti Proto-Indo-European
- *frehnaną Proto-Germanic
- frignan Old English
- प्रछ् Sanskrit
- frainen Middle English
- *prositi Proto-Slavic
- पूछना Hindi
- پرسیدن Persian
- հարցանեմ Old Armenian
- հարցուկ Old Armenian
- հարցումն Old Armenian
- *ɸarsketi Proto-Celtic
- પ્રશ્ન Gujarati
- *pr̥šćáti Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *porskō Proto-Italic
- *preks Proto-Italic
- preâ Friulian
- *pr̥ćśáti Proto-Indo-Aryan
- *pr̥śćáti Proto-Indo-Aryan
- 𑀧𑀼𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀤𑀺 Sauraseni Prakrit
- 𑀧𑀼𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀇 Maharastri Prakrit
- precur Dalmatian
- ਪੁੱਛਣਾ Panjabi, Punjabi
- पूछिवउं Old Gujarati
- 𐬞𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬯𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 Avestan
- phúčik Kalasha