# प्रभु
## Hindi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit प्रभु (prabhu).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /pɾə.bʱuː/, [pɾɐ.bʱuː]

### Noun

प्रभु • (prabhu) m
* master, lord
* God, god
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:भगवान
* brother (term of address used among males)

#### Declension
### Proper noun

प्रभु • (prabhu) m or f by sense
* a surname, equivalent to English Prabhu

#### Declension

NOTE: This term is declined masculine or feminine according to the gender of the referent.

## Sanskrit
### Alternative forms

* प्रभू (prabhū́)

### Alternative scripts

* প্ৰভু (Assamese script)
* ᬧ᭄ᬭᬪᬸ (Balinese script)
* প্রভু (Bengali script)
* 𑰢𑰿𑰨𑰥𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀧𑁆𑀭𑀪𑀼 (Brahmi script)
* ပြဘု (Burmese script)
* પ્રભુ (Gujarati script)
* ਪ੍ਰਭੁ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌭𑍁 (Grantha script)
* ꦥꦿꦨꦸ (Javanese script)
* 𑂣𑂹𑂩𑂦𑂳 (Kaithi script)
* ಪ್ರಭು (Kannada script)
* ប្រភុ (Khmer script)
* ປ຺ຣຠຸ (Lao script)
* പ്രഭു (Malayalam script)
* ᢒᡵᠠᢨᡠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘢𑘿𑘨𑘥𑘳 (Modi script)
* ᢒᠷᠠᠪᠾᠤ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧂𑧠𑧈𑧅𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐥𑑂𑐬𑐨𑐸 (Newa script)
* ପ୍ରଭୁ (Odia script)
* ꢦ꣄ꢬꢩꢸ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆥𑇀𑆫𑆨𑆶 (Sharada script)
* 𑖢𑖿𑖨𑖥𑖲 (Siddham script)
* ප්‍රභු (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩰 𑪙𑩼𑩳𑩒 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚞𑚶𑚤𑚡𑚰 (Takri script)
* ப்ரபு⁴ (Tamil script)
* ప్రభు (Telugu script)
* ปฺรภุ (Thai script)
* པྲ་བྷུ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒣𑓂𑒩𑒦𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨞𑩇𑨫𑨡𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pro-bʰHú-s, from *pro- (“forward”) + *bʰuH- (“to be”). Cognate with Latin probus (“excellent, good”), which was also used as a given name.

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /pɾɐ.bʱú/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈpɾɐ.bʱu/

### Adjective

प्रभु • (prabhú) stem
* good, excelling, mighty, powerful, rich, abundant
** c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.188.5:विराट् सम्राड्विभ्वीः प्रभ्वीर्बह्वीश्च भूयसीश्च याः । दुरो घृतान्यक्षरन् ॥virāṭ samrāḍvibhvīḥ prabhvīrbahvīśca bhūyasīśca yāḥ. duro ghṛtānyakṣaran.The sovereign all-imperial Doors, wide, excellent, many and manifold, Have poured their streams of holy oil.
* (with ablative) more powerful than
* (with genitive) having power over
* (with locative, infinitive or in compounda) able, capable, having power to
* (with dative) a match for
* constant, eternal

#### Declension
### Noun

प्रभु • (prabhú) stem, m
* master, lord, king, prince (also applied to gods)
** c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 9.83.1:पवित्रं ते विततं ब्रह्मणस्पते प्रभुर्गात्राणि पर्येषि विश्वतः ।pavitraṃ te vitataṃ brahmaṇaspate prabhurgātrāṇi paryeṣi viśvataḥ.Thy cleansing filter is spreas, Brahmaṇaspati: as Prince, thou enterest its limbs from every side.
* the chief or leader of a sect

#### Descendants

* Pali: pabhu (“master”), pahū (“able”)
* Prakrit: 𑀧𑀪𑀼 (pabhu), 𑀧𑀳𑀼 (pahu)
** Bengali: পহু (pohu), পভু (pobhu)
** Maithili: पहू (pahū)
* → Bengali: প্রভু (probhu)
* → Hindi: प्रभु (prabhu)
* → Old Javanese: prabhu
** Javanese: ꦥꦿꦧꦸ (prabu)
*** → Indonesian: prabu
** → Balinese: ᬧ᭄ᬭᬪᬸ (prabu)
* → Kannada: ಪ್ರಭು (prabhu)
* → Tamil: பிரபு (pirapu)
* → Telugu: ప్రభువు (prabhuvu)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “प्रभु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 635.