پانی

From پان (pan) +‎ ـی (î).

• IPA^(key): /paːniː/

پانی (panî)

1. width, breadth

Inherited from Old Hindi पांनी (pā̃nī), from Apabhramsa पाणिउ (pāṇiu), from Prakrit 𑀧𑀸𑀡𑀻𑀅 (pāṇīa), from Sanskrit पानीय (pānīya, “water, drink”).

پانی (pānī) m

1. water

• Khateeb S. Mustafa, A Descriptive Grammar Of Dakkhini (2000) (as pani)
• Ruth Laila Schmidt, Dakhini Urdu: History and Structure (1981) (as paanii)

Inherited from Old Gujarati पाणी (pāṇī), from Prakrit 𑀧𑀸𑀡𑀻𑀅 (pāṇīa), from Sanskrit पानीय (pānīya).

پاݩِی (pāṇī) m

1. water, juice
2. well, tank, river, water source

• Dr Rafique Anjum (2018) Concise Gojri-Kashmiri-English Dictionary, New Delhi: Adam Publishers & Distributors, →ISBN, page 90.
• Javaid Rahi (2015) گوجری ڈکشنری [Gojri Dictionary] (in Gojri), page 228, column 2.

Inherited from Old Punjabi ਪਾਣੀ (pāṇī), from Prakrit 𑀧𑀸𑀡𑀻𑀅 (pāṇīa), from Sanskrit पानीय (pānīya, “water, drink”).

• (phr) IPA^(key): /päː.ɳiː/

پانی (pānī)

1. water
2. alternative spelling of پاݨی (pāṇī)

Inherited from Old Punjabi ਪਾਣੀ (pāṇī), from Prakrit 𑀧𑀸𑀡𑀻𑀅 (pāṇīa), from Sanskrit पानीय (pānīya), from पा (pā) + -अनीय (-anīya).

Cognate with Sindhi پاڻي (pāṇī) and Urdu پانی (pānī). See corresponding Prakrit lemma 𑀧𑀸𑀡𑀻𑀅 (pāṇīa) for more cogantes.

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /päː.ɳiː/
• Rhymes: -iː
• Hyphenation: پا‧ݨی

پاݨی • (pāṇī) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਪਾਣੀ)

1. water
2. (by extension) rain, rainwater

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “پانی”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• Bashir, Kanwal (2012) “پانی”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
• “ਪਾਣੀ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “pānī́ya”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 456

Inherited from Old Hindi پانی (pānī), from Apabhramsa पाणिउ (pāṇiu), from Prakrit पाणीअ (pāṇīa), from Sanskrit पानीय (pānīya, “water, drink”).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /pɑː.niː/

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• Rhymes: -iː
• Hyphenation: پَا‧نِی

پَانِی • (pānī) m (Hindi spelling पानी)

1. water

   Synonyms: آب (āb), جَل (jal), نِیر (nīr)

2. (figuratively) rain, monsoon
3. (figuratively) tear, sweat
4. (figuratively) alcohol
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• “پانی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “پانی”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 222
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “پانی”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 146
• “پانی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.