# Praha
## Czech
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech Praha, earlier origin is contested; compare Czech pražit (“(land cleared by) burning”) or práh (“threshold”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈpraɦa]
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Praha f (relational adjective pražský, demonym Pražan or (informal) Pražák, female demonym Pražanka)
* Prague (the capital city of the Czech Republic)

#### Declension
### Proper noun

Praha m anim (female equivalent Prahová)
* a male surname transferred from the place name

#### Descendants

* Norwegian Bokmål: Praha

### Further reading

* “Praha”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “Praha”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “Praha”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## Estonian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈprɑhɑ/, [ˈprɑɦɑ]

### Proper noun

Praha
* Prague (the capital city of the Czech Republic)

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Czech Praha.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈprɑhɑ/, [ˈprɑ̝ɦɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -ɑhɑ
* Hyphenation: Pra‧ha

### Proper noun

Praha
* Prague (the capital city of the Czech Republic)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of Praha (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Prahani
accusative
nom.
Prahani
gen.
Prahani
genitive
Prahani
partitive
Prahaani
inessive
Prahassani
elative
Prahastani
illative
Prahaani
adessive
Prahallani
ablative
Prahaltani
allative
Prahalleni
essive
Prahanani
translative
Prahakseni
abessive
Prahattani
instructive
comitative
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Prahasi
accusative
nom.
Prahasi
gen.
Prahasi
genitive
Prahasi
partitive
Prahaasi
inessive
Prahassasi
elative
Prahastasi
illative
Prahaasi
adessive
Prahallasi
ablative
Prahaltasi
allative
Prahallesi
essive
Prahanasi
translative
Prahaksesi
abessive
Prahattasi
instructive
comitative
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Prahamme
accusative
nom.
Prahamme
gen.
Prahamme
genitive
Prahamme
partitive
Prahaamme
inessive
Prahassamme
elative
Prahastamme
illative
Prahaamme
adessive
Prahallamme
ablative
Prahaltamme
allative
Prahallemme
essive
Prahanamme
translative
Prahaksemme
abessive
Prahattamme
instructive
comitative
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Prahanne
accusative
nom.
Prahanne
gen.
Prahanne
genitive
Prahanne
partitive
Prahaanne
inessive
Prahassanne
elative
Prahastanne
illative
Prahaanne
adessive
Prahallanne
ablative
Prahaltanne
allative
Prahallenne
essive
Prahananne
translative
Prahaksenne
abessive
Prahattanne
instructive
comitative
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Prahansa
accusative
nom.
Prahansa
gen.
Prahansa
genitive
Prahansa
partitive
Prahaansa
inessive
Prahassaan Prahassansa
elative
Prahastaan Prahastansa
illative
Prahaansa
adessive
Prahallaan Prahallansa
ablative
Prahaltaan Prahaltansa
allative
Prahalleen Prahallensa
essive
Prahanaan Prahanansa
translative
Prahakseen Prahaksensa
abessive
Prahattaan Prahattansa
instructive
comitative

## Lithuanian
### Proper noun

Praha f
* Prague (the capital city of the Czech Republic)

## Malay
### Etymology

From Czech Praha.

### Pronunciation

* (Johor-Selangor) IPA: /prahə/
* (Riau-Lingga) IPA: /praha/
* Rhymes: -ahə, -hə, -ə

### Proper noun

Praha
* Prague (the capital city of the Czech Republic)

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Czech Praha (“Prague”), from práh (“threshold”), from Old Czech práh (“threshold”), from Proto-Slavic *porgъ (“threshold, doorstep”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *parˀgas, from Proto-Indo-European *porgos.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈprɑːha/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɑːha
* Hyphenation: Pra‧ha

### Proper noun

Praha
* Prague (the capital city of the Czech Republic)
    Praha har helt siden middelalderen vært et naturlig kommunikasjons- og handelssentrumSince the Middle Ages, Prague has been a natural center of communication and trade

#### Derived terms

* prager
* pragerskinke
* pragerstein

### References

* “Praha” in Store norske leksikon

### Anagrams

* harpa

## Old Czech
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (13th CE) /ˈpraɣa/
* IPA: (15th CE) /ˈpraɦa/

### Proper noun

Praha f (relational adjective pražský, demonym Pražěnín or Pražák)
* Prague
* Prague Castle

#### Descendants

* Czech: Praha
** → Slovak: Praha
* Knaanic: פרגא (prga)
* → Old Polish: Praga
** Polish: Praga
** Silesian: Praga
* Sorbian:
** → Lower Sorbian: Praga
** → Upper Sorbian: Praha
* → Latin: Praga
** → Middle French: Prague
*** French: Prague
*** → English: Prague
* → Arabic: [script needed] (frāga), [script needed] (farāga)

### Proper noun

Praha m pers
* a surname

#### Declension
### Further reading

* Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “Praha”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

## Slovak
### Etymology

Borrowed from Czech Praha, from Old Czech Praha.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpraɦa/

### Proper noun

Praha f (genitive singular Prahy, declension pattern of žena)
* Prague (the capital city of the Czech Republic)

#### Derived terms

* Pražan
* pražský

### Further reading

* “Praha”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025