प्रभाकर

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit प्रभाकर (prabhākara).

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /pɾə.bʱɑː.kəɾ/, [pɾɐ.bʱäː.kɐɾ]

Noun

प्रभाकर • (prabhākar) m

sun
lamp

Proper noun

प्रभाकर • (prabhākar) m

a male given name from Sanskrit

Declension

Declension of *प्रभाकर* (masc cons-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	प्रभाकर prabhākar	प्रभाकर prabhākar
oblique	प्रभाकर prabhākar	प्रभाकरों prabhākarõ
vocative	प्रभाकर prabhākar	प्रभाकरो prabhākaro

References

Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “प्रभाकर”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 3181

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

প্ৰভাকৰ (Assamese script)
ᬧ᭄ᬭᬪᬵᬓᬭ (Balinese script)
প্রভাকর (Bengali script)
𑰢𑰿𑰨𑰥𑰯𑰎𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀧𑁆𑀭𑀪𑀸𑀓𑀭 (Brahmi script)
ပြဘာကရ (Burmese script)
પ્રભાકર (Gujarati script)
ਪ੍ਰਭਾਕਰ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌭𑌾𑌕𑌰 (Grantha script)
ꦥꦿꦨꦴꦏꦫ (Javanese script)
𑂣𑂹𑂩𑂦𑂰𑂍𑂩 (Kaithi script)
ಪ್ರಭಾಕರ (Kannada script)
ប្រភាករ (Khmer script)
ປ຺ຣຠາກຣ (Lao script)
പ്രഭാകര (Malayalam script)
ᢒᡵᠠᢨᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡬᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘢𑘿𑘨𑘥𑘰𑘎𑘨 (Modi script)
ᢒᠷᠠᠪᠾᠠᢗᢉᠠᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑧂𑧠𑧈𑧅𑧑𑦮𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
𑐥𑑂𑐬𑐨𑐵𑐎𑐬 (Newa script)
ପ୍ରଭାକର (Odia script)
ꢦ꣄ꢬꢩꢵꢒꢬ (Saurashtra script)
𑆥𑇀𑆫𑆨𑆳𑆑𑆫 (Sharada script)
𑖢𑖿𑖨𑖥𑖯𑖎𑖨 (Siddham script)
ප්‍රභාකර (Sinhalese script)
𑩰 𑪙𑩼𑩳𑩛𑩜𑩼 (Soyombo script)
𑚞𑚶𑚤𑚡𑚭𑚊𑚤 (Takri script)
ப்ரப⁴ாகர (Tamil script)
ప్రభాకర (Telugu script)
ปฺรภากร (Thai script)
པྲ་བྷཱ་ཀ་ར (Tibetan script)
𑒣𑓂𑒩𑒦𑒰𑒏𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
𑨞𑩇𑨫𑨡𑨊𑨋𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From प्रभा (prabhā) +‎ कर (kara).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɾɐ.bʱɑː.kɐ.ɾɐ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /pɾɐ.bʱɑː.kɐ.ɾɐ/

Noun

प्रभाकर • (prabhākara) stem, m

‘light-maker’, the sun (du. sun and moon) (MBh. Kāv. Kathās.)
the moon
fire

Proper noun

प्रभाकर • (prabhākara) stem, m

a name of Siva
the name of a class of deities under the 8th Manu (MārkP.)
the name of a serpent-demon (MBh.)
the name of a sage of the race of Atri (Hariv. Pur.)

Descendants

Prakrit: 𑀧𑀳𑀸𑀬𑀭 (pahāyara)
- Assamese: পহাৰ (pohar)
- Nepali: पहार (pahār), पाहार (pāhār)
→ Kannada: ಪ್ರಭಾಕರ (prabhākara) (learned)
→ Tamil: பிரபாகரன் (pirapākaraṉ)
→ Telugu: ప్రభాకరుడు (prabhākaruḍu)
→ Bengali: প্রভাকর (probhakor) (learned)

References

Monier Williams (1899), “प्रभाकर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 634.