Pradesh
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A pradesh refers to a province or territory in various South Asian languages. It is written:
- प्रदेश in Devanagari script (used for Hindi, Sanskrit, Bhojpuri, Marathi, Konkani and Nepali),
- প্রদেশ in Bengali script (used for Assamese prôdex, Bengali and Bishnupriya Manipuri prodesh),
- ପ୍ରଦେଶ in Odia script,
- પ્રદેશ in Gujarati script,
- ਪ੍ਰਦੇਸ਼ in Gurmukhi script,
- ಪ್ರದೇಶ in Kannada script,
- പ്രദേശം in Malayalam script,
- ప్రదేశ్ in Telugu script,
- ප්රදේශ් in Sinhala script and
- پردیش in Nasta'liq script.
It derives from the Sanskrit pradeśa, meaning "sub-region" or "sub-country". The same word was borrowed into:
meaning "nation" or "country".
States of India[edit]
There are five Indian states whose official name bears the word pradesh:
- Andhra Pradesh, Land of the Andhras
- Arunachal Pradesh, Aruna/Arunachal = Land of the Sun or Land of the dawn-lit mountains
- Himachal Pradesh, Hima/Himachal = Land of the Snow
- Madhya Pradesh, Central Province, replacing the former Central Provinces and Berar which was later renamed as Madhya Bharat
- Uttar Pradesh, Northern Province, although not the north-most province; it was formerly the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh
It is also found in the names of three proposed states that are not currently extant:
- Harit Pradesh, Green Province, part of a proposed division of Uttar Pradesh
- Maru Pradesh, Desert Province, part of a proposed division of Rajasthan
- Vindhya Pradesh, Land of the Vindhya, former state merged into Madhya Pradesh in 1956
- See also: Pradesh Congress Committee
Provinces of Nepal[edit]
- Bagmati Pradesh
- Gandaki Pradesh
- Karnali Pradesh
- Kosi Pradesh (proposed name)
- Lumbini Pradesh
- Mithila Pradesh (proposed name)
- Sudurpashchim Pradesh
Adjective Pradeshik[edit]
The adjective form, or equivalent of provincial is pradeshik.