# पृच्छति
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* পৃচ্ছতি (Assamese script)
* ᬧᬺᬘ᭄ᬙᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
* পৃচ্ছতি (Bengali script)
* 𑰢𑰴𑰓𑰿𑰔𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀧𑀾𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
* ပၖစ္ဆတိ (Burmese script)
* પૃચ્છતિ (Gujarati script)
* ਪ੍ਰਚ੍ਛਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌪𑍃𑌚𑍍𑌛𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
* ꦥꦽꦕ꧀ꦖꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
* 𑂣𑃂𑂒𑂹𑂓𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
* ಪೃಚ್ಛತಿ (Kannada script)
* ប្ឫច្ឆតិ (Khmer script)
* ປ຺ຣິຈ຺ຉຕິ (Lao script)
* പൃച്ഛതി (Malayalam script)
* ᢒᡵᡳᢜᡮᠠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
* 𑘢𑘵𑘓𑘿𑘔𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
* ᢒᠷᠢᢋᠼᠠᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧂𑧖𑦳𑧠𑦴𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐥𑐺𑐔𑑂𑐕𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
* ପୃଚ୍ଛତି (Odia script)
* ꢦꢺꢗ꣄ꢘꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆥𑆸𑆖𑇀𑆗𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
* 𑖢𑖴𑖓𑖿𑖔𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
* පෘච‍්ඡති (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩰𑩙𑩡 𑪙𑩢𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚞𑚏𑚶𑚐𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
* ப்ரிச்ச²தி (Tamil script)
* పృచ్ఛతి (Telugu script)
* ปฺฤจฺฉติ (Thai script)
* པྲྀ་ཙྪ་ཏི (Tibetan script)
* 𑒣𑒵𑒔𑓂𑒕𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨞𑨼𑨉𑨣𑩇𑨤𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *pr̥śćáti, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pr̥šćáti, from Proto-Indo-European *pr̥sḱéti (“to ask”). Cognates include Avestan 𐬞𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬯𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (pər$^ə$sa$^i$ti), Old Persian 𐎳𐎼𐎰- (f-r-θ- /⁠fraθ-⁠/), Old Armenian հարցանեմ (harcʻanem), Latin poscō, Old English frignan (whence English frain), Russian проси́ть (prosítʹ), Northern Kurdish pirsîn, Persian پُرسیدَن (porsidan).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /pr̩t.t͡ɕʰɐ́.ti/, [pr̩t̚.t͡ɕʰɐ́.ti]
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈpr̩t̪.t͡ɕʰɐ.t̪i/, [ˈpr̩t̪̚.t͡ɕʰɐ.t̪i]

### Verb

पृच्छति • (pṛccháti) third-singular indicative (class 6, type P, root प्रछ्)
* to ask, question, pray, interrogate (+ accusative)
* to ask after inquire about (+ accusative)
* to ask or interrogate any one (accusative) about anything
* (astrology) to consult the future
* (with नामतो मातरम् (nāmato mātaram)) to inquire about one's (genitive) mother's name
* (with न (na)) not to trouble oneself with
* to seek, wish, long for
* to ask, ask for, demand, beg, entreat (+ accusative)
* (passive voice) to be asked or questioned about
* to pray

#### Descendants

* Dardic:
** Kalasha: phúčik
* Khasa Prakrit:
** Central Pahari:
*** Kumaoni: पूछ्णो (pūchṇo)
** Eastern Pahari:
*** Nepali: पुछ्नु (puchnu)
** Western Pahari:
*** Bhadrawahi: पुच्छ्णू (pucchṇū)
*** Churahi: पुच्छ्णा (pucchṇā)
*** Pangwali: पुच्छ्णा (pucchṇā)
* Magadhi Prakrit: 𑀧𑀼𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀤𑀺 (pucchadi)
** Assamese: পোঁছ (pü̃s)
** Bengali: পুছা (pucha)
** Bihari:
*** Bhojpuri: पुछल (puchal)
*** Maithili: पूछब (pūchab)
** Odia: ପୁଛିବା (puchibā)
* Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀧𑀼𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀇 (pucchaï)
** Old Marathi: pusaṇe
    Devanagari script: पुसणे
    Modi script: 𑘢𑘳𑘭𑘜𑘹
*** Marathi: पुसणे (pusṇe)
* Niya Prakrit: 𐨤𐨿𐨪𐨁𐨖𐨟𐨁 (prichati), 𐨤𐨃𐨖𐨟𐨁 (pṛchati)
* Pali: pucchati
* Paisaci Prakrit:
** Punjabi: pucchṇā
    Gurmukhi script: ਪੁੱਛਣਾ
    Shahmukhi script: پچھنا
** Sindhi: puchaṇu
    Arabic script: پُڇَڻُ
    Devanagari script: पुछणु
* Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀧𑀼𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀤𑀺 (pucchadi)
** Ardhamagadhi Prakrit:
*** Awadhi: पूछब (pūchab)
** Gurjara Apabhramsa:
*** Old Gujarati: पूछिवउं (pūchivaũ)
*** Old Gujarati: प्रीछइ (prīchaï)
**** Gujarati: પ્રિછવું (prichvũ)
** Sauraseni Apabhramsa:
*** Hindustani:
    Hindi: पूछना (pūchnā)
    Urdu: پوچھنا (pūchnā)
** Romani: pućhel
*** Caló: puchar
* ⇒ Old Marathi:
    Devanagari script: पृछणे (pṛchaṇe)
    Modi script: 𑘢𑘵𑘔𑘜𑘹 (pṛchaṇe)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “पृच्छति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 658/1.
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “pṛcchati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press