Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

purana

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.31 in modern English

Syllables: pu-rana
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A text that is part of an ancient Indian genre of Hindu or Jain written literature, concerning various topics, including cosmogony and mythology.

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit पुराण (purāṇá, literally “old, ancient”).

Origin

Source language: Sanskrit

Word Breakdown

Root: पुराण

Inflected Forms

Puranas (plural)

Derived Forms

Puranic

Questions

What does purana mean?: A text that is part of an ancient Indian genre of Hindu or Jain written literature, concerning various topics, including cosmogony and mythology.
Where does purana come from?: It is traced to Sanskrit.

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