# पाषाण
## Hindi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit पाषाण (pāṣāṇa).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /pɑː.ʂɑːɳ/, [päː.ʃä̃ːɳ]

### Noun

पाषाण • (pāṣāṇ) m
* (chiefly in compounds) stone, rock
    Synonym: पत्थर (patthar)
    पाषाण हृदय का ― pāṣāṇ hŕday kā ― hard-hearted (literally, “having stony heart”)

#### Derived terms

* पाषाण युग (pāṣāṇ yug, “Stone Age”)
* नवपाषाण (navpāṣāṇ, “Neolithic”)
* नवपाषाण युग (navpāṣāṇ yug, “the Neolithic, New Stone Age”)

### Proper noun

पाषाण • (pāṣāṇ) m
* Pashan (a neighbourhood of Pune, Maharashtra, India)

#### References

* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “पाषाण”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

## Marathi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit पाषाण (pāṣāṇa).

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

पाषाण • (pāṣāṇ) m
* stone, rock

#### Derived terms

* पाषाण युग (pāṣāṇ yug, “Stone Age”)

### Proper noun

पाषाण • (pāṣāṇ) m
* Pashan (a neighbourhood of Pune, Maharashtra, India)

### References

* Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “पाषाण”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
* Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “पाषाण”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
* दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “पाषाण”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* পাষাণ (Assamese script)
* ᬧᬵᬱᬵᬡ (Balinese script)
* পাষাণ (Bengali script)
* 𑰢𑰯𑰬𑰯𑰜 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀧𑀸𑀱𑀸𑀡 (Brahmi script)
* ပါၑာဏ (Burmese script)
* પાષાણ (Gujarati script)
* ਪਾਸ਼ਾਣ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌪𑌾𑌷𑌾𑌣 (Grantha script)
* ꦥꦴꦰꦴꦟ (Javanese script)
* 𑂣𑂰𑂭𑂰𑂝 (Kaithi script)
* ಪಾಷಾಣ (Kannada script)
* បាឞាណ (Khmer script)
* ປາຩາຓ (Lao script)
* പാഷാണ (Malayalam script)
* ᢒᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢢᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢏᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘢𑘰𑘬𑘰𑘜 (Modi script)
* ᢒᠠᢗᢔᠠᢗᢏᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧂𑧑𑧌𑧑𑦼 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐥𑐵𑐲𑐵𑐞 (Newa script)
* ପାଷାଣ (Odia script)
* ꢦꢵꢰꢵꢠ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆥𑆳𑆰𑆳𑆟 (Sharada script)
* 𑖢𑖯𑖬𑖯𑖜 (Siddham script)
* පාෂාණ (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩰𑩛𑪀𑩛𑩪 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚞𑚭𑚭𑚘 (Takri script)
* பாஷாண (Tamil script)
* పాషాణ (Telugu script)
* ปาษาณ (Thai script)
* པཱ་ཥཱ་ཎ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒣𑒰𑒭𑒰𑒝 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨞𑨊𑨯𑨊𑨘 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From an extension of Proto-Indo-Iranian *parš, from Proto-Indo-European *pels- (“rock, cliff”). Doublet of पाषी (pāṣī). Cognate with Prasuni Uṣǘt, Pashto پرښه (parṣ̌a), Proto-Celtic *ɸallom (whence Irish aill), and Proto-Germanic *falisaz.

### Noun

पाषाण • (pāṣāṇa) stem, m
* stone, rock

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic

#### Descendants

* Pali: pāsāṇa
* Prakrit: 𑀧𑀸𑀲𑀸𑀡 (pāsāṇa), 𑀧𑀸𑀳​̄𑀡 (pāha​̄ṇa)
** Punjabi: ਪਖਾਣ (pakhāṇa)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “पाषाण”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 624/1.
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 125-126
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 266