प्रमाण

Borrowed from Sanskrit प्रमाण (pramāṇa). Doublet of फ़रमान (farmān).

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /pɾə.mɑːɳ/, [pɾɐ.mä̃ːɳ]

प्रमाण • (pramāṇ) m (Urdu spelling پرمان)

1. proof, evidence, vindication, authentication, attestation

   Synonym: सबूत (sabūt)

   उसके प्रमाण पर आपत्ति मत करो।

   uske pramāṇ par āpatti mat karo.

   Do not question his proof.

2. measure, rate, scale, magnitude, standard (whether of weight, length, or capacity)

• प्रमाण करना (pramāṇ karnā)
• प्रमाणकर्ता (pramāṇkartā)
• प्रमाण-पुरुष (pramāṇ-puruṣ)
• प्रमाणभूत (pramāṇbhūt)

• Platts, John T. (1884) “प्रमाण”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pramaHnam, from *pra- +‎ *maHnam, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₁nom, from *meh₁- (“to measure”). Cognate with Old Persian 𐎳𐎼𐎶𐎠𐎴𐎠 (framānā); see New Persian فرمان (farmân, “decree”).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɾɐ.mɑː.ɳɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /pɾɐˈmɑː.ɳɐ/

प्रमाण • (pramāṇa) stem, n

1. proof, authority; any proof, testimony, or evidence
2. measurement, dimensions, length; measure of any kind
3. accordance of the movements in dancing with music and song

• Pali: pramana
• Prakrit: 𑀧𑀫𑀸𑀡 (pamāṇa)
  • Central:
    • Sauraseni Prakrit:
      • Gujarati: પરમાણ (parmāṇ)
  • Eastern:
    • Magadhi Prakrit:
      • Bengali: পানা (pana)
  • Southern:
    • Helu Prakrit:
      • Dhivehi: ފުރަމާނަ (furamāna)
      • Sinhalese: ප්‍රමාණය (pramāṇaya)
  • Western:
    • Takka Apabhramsa:
      • Punjabi: parmāṇ

        Gurmukhi script: ਪਰਮਾਣ

        Shahmukhi script: پَرمَاݨ

• → Old Javanese: pramāṇa
  • Javanese: ꦥꦿꦩꦤ (pramana)
    • → Indonesian: Pramono
  • → Balinese: ᬧ᭄ᬭᬫᬡ (pramana)

• “Sanskrit Dictionary for Spoken Sanskrit”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎, 2012 January 6 (last accessed)
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “pramana”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 492