# प्रश्न
## Hindi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit प्रश्न (praśna).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /pɾəʃ.nᵊ/, [pɾɐʃ.nᵊ], /pɾəʃ.nə/, [pɾɐʃ.nɐ], /pɾə.ʃən/, [pɾɐ.ʃɐ̃n]

### Noun

प्रश्न • (praśn) m (Urdu spelling پرشن)
* question, query, problem, interrogation
    Synonym: सवाल (savāl)
    मैंने उसके सब प्रश्नों के उत्तर दे दिए हैं।ma͠ine uske sab praśnõ ke uttar de die ha͠i.I have answered all his questions.

#### Declension
### Further reading

* Bahri, Hardev (1989) “प्रश्न”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.

## Konkani
### Noun

प्रश्न • (praśna) m (Latin script ?, Kannada script ?)
* question

## Marathi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit प्रश्न (praśna).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɾəɕ.nə/
* Hyphenation: प्रश्‧न, प्रश्न
* Rhymes: -ə

### Noun

प्रश्न • (praśna) m
* question
* query, problem
    Synonym: शंका (śaṅkā)

#### Derived terms

* प्रश्नचिन्ह (praśnacinha, “question mark”)

### See also

* उत्तर (uttar, “answer”)

### References

* Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “प्रश्न”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies

## Nepali
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit प्रश्न (praśna).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [prʌsnʌ]
* Phonetic Devanagari: प्रस्न

### Noun

प्रश्न • (praśna)
* question
    प्रश्न गर्नु ― praśna garnu ― to question, to interrogate
    प्रश्न सोध्नु ― praśna sodhnu ― to ask a question, to question

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* প্ৰশ্ন (Assamese script)
* ᬧ᭄ᬭᬰ᭄ᬦ (Balinese script)
* প্রশ্ন (Bengali script)
* 𑰢𑰿𑰨𑰫𑰿𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀧𑁆𑀭𑀰𑁆𑀦 (Brahmi script)
* ပြၐ္န (Burmese script)
* પ્રશ્ન (Gujarati script)
* ਪ੍ਰਸ਼੍ਨ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌶𑍍𑌨 (Grantha script)
* ꦥꦿꦯ꧀ꦤ (Javanese script)
* 𑂣𑂹𑂩𑂬𑂹𑂢 (Kaithi script)
* ಪ್ರಶ್ನ (Kannada script)
* ប្រឝ្ន (Khmer script)
* ປ຺ຣຨ຺ນ (Lao script)
* പ്രശ്ന (Malayalam script)
* ᢒᡵᠠᡧᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘢𑘿𑘨𑘫𑘿𑘡 (Modi script)
* ᢒᠷᠠᠱᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧂𑧠𑧈𑧋𑧠𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐥𑑂𑐬𑐱𑑂𑐣 (Newa script)
* ପ୍ରଶ୍ନ (Odia script)
* ꢦ꣄ꢬꢯ꣄ꢥ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆥𑇀𑆫𑆯𑇀𑆤 (Sharada script)
* 𑖢𑖿𑖨𑖫𑖿𑖡 (Siddham script)
* ප්‍රශ‍්න (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩰 𑪙𑩼𑩿 𑪙𑩯 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚞𑚶𑚤𑚧𑚶𑚝 (Takri script)
* ப்ரஶ்ந (Tamil script)
* ప్రశ్న (Telugu script)
* ปฺรศฺน (Thai script)
* པྲ་ཤྣ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒣𑓂𑒩𑒬𑓂𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨞𑩇𑨫𑨮𑩇𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *praśnás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *praćnás, from Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ-nó-s or *ploḱ-nó-s, from *pleḱ- (“to fold, weave”). Cognate with Latin plecto, Ancient Greek πλοκή (plokḗ).

#### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /pɾɐɕ.nɐ́/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈpɾɐɕ.n̪ɐ/

#### Noun

प्रश्न • (praśná) stem, m
* basket-work, a plaited basket
* (by commentator) "a turban"

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

From the root प्रछ् (prach) +‎ -न (-na), whence पृच्छति (pṛccháti, “to ask, question, interrogate”).

#### Noun

प्रश्न • (praśná) stem, m
* question, demand, interrogation, query, inquiry; also in compounds:
    कुशलप्रश्न (kúśala-praśna) — friendly enquiry after a person's health or welfare, salutation
* (law) judicial inquiry or examination
    साक्षिप्रश्न (sā-kṣi-praśna) — interrogation of witnesses
* (astrology) astrological inquiry into the future
    दिव्यप्रश्न (divyá-praśna) — inquiring into divine phenomena, augury
    देवप्रश्न (devá-praśna) — "consulting the gods", fortune-telling
    दैवप्रश्न (daíva-praśna) — inquiring of fate, astrology
* a subject of inquiry, point at issue, controversy, problem
    प्रत्नम् प्रब्रवीति (praśnam pra-√brū) — to decide a controverted point
    प्रत्नम् एति (praśnam √i) (+ accusative) or प्रत्नम् आ गच्छति (praśnam ā √gam) (+locative of person) — to lay a question before any one for decision
    प्रश्नस् तव पितरि (praśnas tava pitari) — the point at issue is before thy father
* a task or lesson (in Vedic recitation)
* a short section or paragraph (in books)

##### Descendants

* → Burmese: ပြဿနာ (pra.ssa.na)
* → Hindi: प्रश्न (praśna) (learned)
* → Khmer: ប្រស្នា (prɑsnaa)
* → Kannada: ಪ್ರಶ್ನೆ (praśne) (learned)
* → Malayalam: പ്രശ്നം (praśnaṁ) (learned)
* → Marathi: praśna (learned)
    Devanagari script: प्रश्न
    Modi script: 𑘢𑘿𑘨𑘫𑘿𑘡
* → Punjabi: ਪ੍ਰਸ਼ਨ (praśan) (learned)
* → Tamil: பிரச்சனை (piraccaṉai) (learned)
* → Telugu: ప్రశ్న (praśna) (learned)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “प्रश्न”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 695/3.
* ↑ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 185
* ↑ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 184-5