# प्रभाकीट
## Hindi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Classical Sanskrit प्रभाकीट (prabhākīṭa). Equivalent to प्रभा (prabhā) +‎ कीट (kīṭ).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /pɾə.bʱɑː.kiːʈ/, [pɾɐ.bʱäː.kiːʈ]

### Noun

प्रभाकीट • (prabhākīṭ) m
* (literary, rare) firefly
    Synonyms: पटबीजना (paṭbījnā), किर्मक-ए-शब-ताब (kirmak-e-śab-tāb), खद्योत (khadyot), ज्योतिरिंगण (jyotiriṅgaṇ), जुगनू (jugnū)

#### Declension
### References

* ↑ Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “प्रभाकीट”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
* ↑ Platts, John T. (1884) “prabhā-kīṭ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
* ↑ “प्रभाकीट”, in Hindi Dictionary: For the Use of Schools (in Hindi), India: Calcutta School-book and Vernacular Literature Society, 1863, page 203.
* ↑ Miśra, Chailabihārī, “प्रभाकीट”, in Abhinava Hindī-An̐grezī-Hindī kośa [Modern Hindi-English Dictionary], Āloka Bhāratī, 1991, page 145.
* ↑ Vimlesh Kumar Shastri, “प्रभाकीट”, in Hindi Samantar Kosh [Hindi parallel dictionary], India: Diamond Pocket Books (P) Limited, page 147.
* ↑ YCT Expert Team, “प्रभाकीट”, in अध्ययन सामग्री [Study Material] (in Hindi): YOUTH COMPETITION TIMES, page 17.

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* প্ৰভাকীট (Assamese script)
* ᬧ᭄ᬭᬪᬵᬓᬷᬝ (Balinese script)
* প্রভাকীট (Bengali script)
* 𑰢𑰿𑰨𑰥𑰯𑰎𑰱𑰘 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀧𑁆𑀭𑀪𑀸𑀓𑀻𑀝 (Brahmi script)
* ပြဘာကီဋ (Burmese script)
* પ્રભાકીટ (Gujarati script)
* ਪ੍ਰਭਾਕੀਟ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌭𑌾𑌕𑍀𑌟 (Grantha script)
* ꦥꦿꦨꦴꦏꦷꦛ (Javanese script)
* 𑂣𑂹𑂩𑂦𑂰𑂍𑂲𑂗 (Kaithi script)
* ಪ್ರಭಾಕೀಟ (Kannada script)
* ប្រភាកីដ (Khmer script)
* ປ຺ຣຠາກີຏ (Lao script)
* പ്രഭാകീട (Malayalam script)
* ᢒᡵᠠᢨᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡬᡳᡳᢞᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘢𑘿𑘨𑘥𑘰𑘎𑘲𑘘 (Modi script)
* ᢒᠷᠠᠪᠾᠠᢗᢉᠢᠢᢌᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧂𑧠𑧈𑧅𑧑𑦮𑧓𑦸 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐥𑑂𑐬𑐨𑐵𑐎𑐷𑐚 (Newa script)
* ପ୍ରଭାକୀଟ (Odia script)
* ꢦ꣄ꢬꢩꢵꢒꢷꢜ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆥𑇀𑆫𑆨𑆳𑆑𑆵𑆛 (Sharada script)
* 𑖢𑖿𑖨𑖥𑖯𑖎𑖱𑖘 (Siddham script)
* ප්‍රභාකීට (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩰 𑪙𑩼𑩳𑩛𑩜𑩑𑩛𑩦 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚞𑚶𑚤𑚡𑚭𑚊𑚯𑚔 (Takri script)
* ப்ரப⁴ாகீட (Tamil script)
* ప్రభాకీట (Telugu script)
* ปฺรภากีฏ (Thai script)
* པྲ་བྷཱ་ཀཱི་ཊ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒣𑓂𑒩𑒦𑒰𑒏𑒲𑒙 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨞𑩇𑨫𑨡𑨊𑨋𑨁𑨊𑨔 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

Compound of प्रभा (prabhā́, “light”) +‎ कीट (kīṭá, “insect”), literally “light-insect”.

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /pɾɐ.bʱɑː.kiː.ʈɐ/

### Noun

प्रभाकीट • (prabhākīṭa) stem, m
* (Classical Sanskrit) a firefly
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:खद्योत
** c. 1400 – 1600, Rājanighaṇṭu 168:प्रभाकीटस्तु खद्योतः खज्योतिरुपसूर्यकःprabhākīṭastu khadyotaḥ khajyotirupasūryakaḥAnd a firefly is khadyota, khajyotis, upasūryaka.

#### Declension
### References

* ↑ Monier Williams (1899) “प्रभाकीट”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 684, column 1.
* ↑ Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “प्रभा-कीट”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 1098
* ↑ Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “prabhākīṭa”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
* ↑ Borooah, Anundoram, “प्रभाकीट” in A Practical English-Sanskrit Dictionary: Falsification to Oyster. With a supplementary treatise on higher Sanskrit grammar, India: Saraswati Press, 1879, page 609.
* ↑ Purandare, Nārāyaṇaśarmā Viṭṭhala; Naraharipaṇḍita, “प्रभाकीट”, in Dhanvantarīyanighaṇṭu [Dhanavantari's glossary], India: Ānandāśramaviśvastaiḥ, 1986, page 86.