पल्य
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- পল্য (Assamese script)
- ᬧᬮ᭄ᬬ (Balinese script)
- পল্য (Bengali script)
- 𑰢𑰩𑰿𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀧𑀮𑁆𑀬 (Brahmi script)
- ပလျ (Burmese script)
- પલ્ય (Gujarati script)
- ਪਲ੍ਯ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌪𑌲𑍍𑌯 (Grantha script)
- ꦥꦭꦾ (Javanese script)
- 𑂣𑂪𑂹𑂨 (Kaithi script)
- ಪಲ್ಯ (Kannada script)
- បល្យ (Khmer script)
- ປລ຺ຍ (Lao script)
- പല്യ (Malayalam script)
- ᢒᠠᠯᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘢𑘩𑘿𑘧 (Modi script)
- ᢒᠠᠯᠶᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧂𑧉𑧠𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐥𑐮𑑂𑐫 (Newa script)
- ପଲ୍ଯ (Odia script)
- ꢦꢭ꣄ꢫ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆥𑆬𑇀𑆪 (Sharada script)
- 𑖢𑖩𑖿𑖧 (Siddham script)
- පල්ය (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩰𑩽 𑪙𑩻 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚞𑚥𑚶𑚣 (Takri script)
- பல்ய (Tamil script)
- పల్య (Telugu script)
- ปลฺย (Thai script)
- པ་ལྱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒣𑒪𑓂𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨞𑨬𑩇𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Of uncertain origin. The original meaning is either "size, measure" (for which compare especially पल (pala, “a measure of weight”)), or "skin, leather" (for which compare Ancient Greek πέλλα (pélla, “bowl”), पालवी (pālavī, “a kind of vessel”)).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /pɐl.jɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /pɐl̪.jɐ/
Noun
पल्य • (palya) stem, n
- a sack for corn (probably containing a certain measure)
- a particularly high number
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | पल्यम् (palyam) | पल्ये (palye) | पल्यानि (palyāni) पल्या¹ (palyā¹) |
| accusative | पल्यम् (palyam) | पल्ये (palye) | पल्यानि (palyāni) पल्या¹ (palyā¹) |
| instrumental | पल्येन (palyena) | पल्याभ्याम् (palyābhyām) | पल्यैः (palyaiḥ) पल्येभिः¹ (palyebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | पल्याय (palyāya) | पल्याभ्याम् (palyābhyām) | पल्येभ्यः (palyebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | पल्यात् (palyāt) | पल्याभ्याम् (palyābhyām) | पल्येभ्यः (palyebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | पल्यस्य (palyasya) | पल्ययोः (palyayoḥ) | पल्यानाम् (palyānām) |
| locative | पल्ये (palye) | पल्ययोः (palyayoḥ) | पल्येषु (palyeṣu) |
| vocative | पल्य (palya) | पल्ये (palye) | पल्यानि (palyāni) पल्या¹ (palyā¹) |
- ¹Vedic
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “पल्य”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 609/3.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 104
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary][2] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 235