प्रभात prabhāt

Hindi is also shown in Latin characters, using an adapted form of ISO 15919 transliteration.

How to read the transliteration

This site uses transliteration based on ISO 15919, with a few adaptations to make reading easier: h is added after c, ś and ṣ, and i after the vowel r̥. These adaptations bring it closer to the Hunterian system used in India while retaining the distinctive marks of ISO 15919.

Adaptations used on this site
ISO 15919On this site
cch
śśh
ṣṣh
r̥r̥i

A few reading pointers:

  • ā, ī, ū: the line above the letter indicates a long vowel.
  • ṭ, ḍ, ṇ: the dot below distinguishes retroflex consonants from t, d, n.
  • A tilde above a vowel indicates nasalisation.

sa · n. · m.

Earlier definition

Definition

Early morning, dawn.
(Bābā) Early morning, the time when most people are asleep, fixed between 2 and 3 a.m., the time when one can begin to remember God.

Usual translation

  1. dawn
  2. time of dawn

Origin of the definition

प्रभात prabhāta prabha:t (nm) the morning; dawn; -काल/समय the morning time; फेरी singing or slogan-raising groups going round in the morning (to celebrate an important event or for propaganda purposes).

प्रभात. Early morning; Dawn.

Usage in the murlis

Murlis of the day (and original sakar)

35 occurrences

In 22 on 2386 murlis

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Avyakts

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Created
Monday 7 June 2021
Updated
Friday 12 July 2024