प्राय

{ prāyḥ }

कोंकणी (Konkani) WN

   See : प्रॅय

नेपाली (Nepali) WN

 adverb  धेरै मौकामा   Ex. कश्मीरमा मौसम प्राय

MODIFIES VERB:

छ

ONTOLOGY:

बारम्बारतासूचक (Frequency) ➜ रीतिसूचक (Manner) ➜ क्रिया विशेषण (Adverb)

Wordnet:

asm প্রায়েই

ben প্রায়

guj મુખ્યત્વે

hin प्रायः

kas عام پٲٹھۍ

kok चड करून

mal എപ്പോഴും

mar प्रायः

mni ꯃꯍꯧꯁꯥꯅ

ori ପ୍ରାୟତଃ

pan ਅਕਸਰ ਜਿਆਦਾਤਰ

san प्रायः

tam பெரும்பாலும்

tel తరుచుగా

urd اکثروبیشتر , اکثر , زیادہ تر , عام طورپر

   See : अन्दाजमा, धेरैजसो

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

प्राय  m.  m. ( fr. प्र + अय; √ 5. इ) going forth, starting (for a battle), [RV. ii, 18, 8]
   course, race, [AV. iv, 25, 2]
आस्   departure from life, seeking death by fasting (as a religious or penitentiary act, or to enforce compliance with a demand; acc. with √ , उप-√ आस्, उप-√ विश्, उप-√ इ, आ-√ स्था, सम्-आ-√ स्था, or √ कृ, to renounce life, sit down and fast to death; with Caus. of √ कृ, to force any one [acc.] to seek death through starvation), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
आर्य  f. anything prominent, chief part, largest portion, plenty, majority, general rule (often ifc., with f( आ). = chiefly consisting of or destined for or furnished with, rich or abounding in, frequently practising or applying or using; near, like, resembling; mostly, well-nigh, almost, as it were; cf.-, जित-, ज्ञाति-, तृण-, दण्ड-, दुःख-, सिद्धि-प्र्° &c.; also -ता f.), [ŚBr.]; [Lāṭy.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.
   a stage of life, age, [L.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

प्रायः [prāyḥ]   [प्र-अय् घञ्, इ-अच् वा]
   Going away, departure, departure from life.
   Seeking death by fasting, fasting, sitting down and abstaining from food with some object in view (generally with words like आस्, उपविश् &c.); see प्रायोपवेशन below; प्रायोपविष्टं गङ्गायां परीतं परमर्षिभिः [Bhāg.1.3.43.]
   The largest portion, majority, plurality; majority of cases.
   Excess, abundance, plenty.
   A condition of life. [N. B. At the end of comp. प्राय may be translated by (a) for the most part, generally, mostly, almost, nearly; पतनप्रायौ 'about to fall'; मृतप्रायः 'almost dead a little less than dead, nearly dead'; or (b) abounding or rich in, full of, excessive, abundant; कष्टप्रायं शरीरम् [U.1;] शालिप्रायो देशः [Pt.3;] कमलामोदप्राया वनानिलाः [U.3.24] 'full of the fragrance' &c., or (c) like, resembling; वर्षशतप्रायं दिनम्, अम्रतप्रायं वचनम् &c.] -Comp.
-उपगमनम्, -उपवेशः, -उपवेशनम्, -उपवेशनिका   sitting down and abstaining from food and thus preparing oneself for death, fasting oneself to death; मया प्रायोपवेशनं कृतं विद्धि [Pt.4;] प्रायोपवेशनमति- र्नृपतिर्बभूव [R.8.94;] प्रायोपवेशसदृशं व्रतमास्थितस्य [Ve.3.1.] -उपेत a. abstaining from food and thus awaiting the approach of death.
-उपविष्ट, -उपवेशिन् a.  a. fasting oneself to death, who sits without food at the door of another to exact compliance with his demands.
-दर्शनम्   an ordinary phenomenon.
-भव   a
   common, usually met with.
   executing; युगहृदौघमध्येन ब्रह्मप्रायभवेन च । धात्रा सृष्टानि भूतानि कृष्यन्ते यमसादनम् ॥ [Mb.12.235.17] (com. ब्रह्मप्रायभावेन ब्रह्मकार्यभूतेन).

Shabda-Sagara

प्राय  mfn.  ( -यः-या-यं)
   1. Like, resembling, (used in composition.)
   2. Exceeding, much.
  m.  ( -यः)
   1. Fasting to death, as a religious or penitentiary act, after abandoning all wordly goods and desires.
   2. Quantity, abundance.
   3. Death, dying.
   4. A state or condition of life, age, youth, &c.
  n.  ( -यं) Sin.
    E. प्र before, इन् to go, अच् aff.

ROOTS:

प्र इन् अच्