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prah

1. (Alak) sky

• brah (Harak)
• Theraphan L. Thongkum, The place of Lawi, Harak and Tariang within Bahnaric (1997), in The Mon-Khmer Studies Journal, volume 27

From Dutch vracht (“freight, mass”), from Middle Dutch vracht, from Middle Low German vracht, vrecht (“payment for cargo”), from Old Saxon frāht, frēht, from Proto-Germanic *fra- + *aihtiz.

• IPA(key): [ˈprah]
• Hyphenation: prah

prah (plural **prah-prah)

1. alternative spelling of prahoto
2. (colloquial) freight, goods or items in transport
   Synonym: muatan

• “prah”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *porxъ.

• IPA(key): /prâːx/

prȃh m inan (Cyrillic spelling пра̑х)

1. (uncountable) powder
2. (uncountable) dust

• “prah”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

prah (Cyrillic spelling прах)

1. first-person singular imperfect past of prati

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *porgъ.

• IPA(key): /prax/, [ˈprax]
• Rhymes: -ax
• Homophone: prach

prah m inan (relational adjective prahový)

1. threshold

• “prah”, 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, 2003–2026

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *porxъ

• IPA(key): /práːx/
• Rhymes: -aːx
• Hyphenation: prah

prȃh m inan

1. (uncountable) dust (fine, dry particles)
   Synonyms: prahec, prašek, prašina
2. powder
   Synonyms: prašek, štupa

• beli prah

• cvetni prah

• dvigati mnogo prahu

• dvigati veliko prahu

• dvigniti mnogo prahu

• dvigniti oblak prahu

• dvigniti veliko prahu

• gnojilo v prahu

• izprašīti

• kozmični prah

• ležati v prahu

• naprašīti

• oprašīti

• otresti prah s čevljev in zapustiti

• pometati prah s koleni

• prah kaj prekrije

• prah si in v prah se povrneš

• prȃhəc

• prȃšək

• prášən

• prašína

• prašīti

• prȃšnica

• prȃšnik

• sesuti v prah

• sesuti v prah in pepel

• solnčni prah

• sončni prah

• spremeniti v prah

• spremeniti v prah in pepel

• strelni prah

• zaprašīti

• zdrobiti v sončni prah

• zlati prah

• zmleti v sončni prah

• živi prah

• omesti

• prh

• pršeti

• “prah”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

• “prah”, in Termania, Amebis

• See also the general references