# प्रछ्
## Sanskrit
### Alternative forms

* प्रश् (praś)

### Alternative scripts

* প্ৰছ্ (Assamese script)
* ᬧ᭄ᬭᬙ᭄ (Balinese script)
* প্রছ্ (Bengali script)
* 𑰢𑰿𑰨𑰔𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀧𑁆𑀭𑀙𑁆 (Brahmi script)
* ပြဆ် (Burmese script)
* પ્રછ્ (Gujarati script)
* ਪ੍ਰਛ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌛𑍍 (Grantha script)
* ꦥꦿꦖ꧀ (Javanese script)
* 𑂣𑂹𑂩𑂓𑂹 (Kaithi script)
* ಪ್ರಛ್ (Kannada script)
* ប្រឆ៑ (Khmer script)
* ປ຺ຣຉ຺ (Lao script)
* പ്രഛ് (Malayalam script)
* ᢒᡵᠠᡮ (Manchu script)
* 𑘢𑘿𑘨𑘔𑘿 (Modi script)
* ᢒᠷᠠᠼ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧂𑧠𑧈𑦴𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐥𑑂𑐬𑐕𑑂 (Newa script)
* ପ୍ରଛ୍ (Odia script)
* ꢦ꣄ꢬꢘ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆥𑇀𑆫𑆗𑇀 (Sharada script)
* 𑖢𑖿𑖨𑖔𑖿 (Siddham script)
* ප්‍රඡ් (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩰 𑪙𑩼𑩢 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚞𑚶𑚤𑚐𑚶 (Takri script)
* ப்ரச்² (Tamil script)
* ప్రఛ్ (Telugu script)
* ปฺรฉฺ (Thai script)
* པྲ་ཚ྄ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒣𑓂𑒩𑒕𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨞𑩇𑨫𑨤𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *preḱ- (“to ask”). Cognate with Russian (во)прос ((vo)pros, “question”), Latin prex whence, via French, English pray.

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /pɾɐt͡ɕʰ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /pɾɐt͡ɕʰ/

### Root

प्रछ् • (prach)
* to ask, question, interrogate
* to ask after, inquire

#### Derived terms

* पृच्छति (pṛccháti, Present)
* प्रक्ष्यति (prakṣyati, Future)
* प्रष्टा (praṣṭā, Periphrastic Future)
* अप्राक्षीत् (áprākṣīt, Aorist)
* पप्रच्छ (papraccha, Perfect)
* पृच्छ्यते (pṛcchyáte, Passive)
* प्रच्छयति (pracchayati, Causative)
* अपप्रच्छत् (apapracchat, Causative Aorist)
* पिपृच्छिषति (pipṛcchiṣati, Desiderative)
* परीपृच्छ्यते (parīpṛcchyate, Intensive)
* पृष्ट (pṛṣṭá, Past Participle)
* प्रष्टुम् (práṣṭum, Infinitive)
* पृष्ट्वा (pṛṣṭvā, Gerund)
* प्रष्टव्य (praṣṭavya, Gerundive)
* पृच्छ्य (pṛcchya, Gerundive)
* पिपृच्छिषु (pipṛcchiṣu, Desiderative Participle)
* पपृक्षेण्य (papṛkṣéṇya)
* पृच्छक (pṛcchaka)
* पृच्छा (pṛcchā)
* प्रश्न (praśná, “question”)
* प्रष्टृ (praṣṭṛ)
* प्राश् (prā́ś)
* अतिप्रछ् (atiprach)
* अनुप्रछ् (anuprach)
* अभिप्रछ् (abhiprach)
* आप्रछ् (āprach)
* उपप्रछ् (upaprach)
* परिप्रछ् (pariprach)
* प्रतिप्रछ् (pratiprach)
* विप्रछ् (viprach)
* सम्प्रछ् (samprach)

### References

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