पवित्र

From Sanskrit पवित्र (pavitra).

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /pə.ʋɪt̪.ɾᵊ/, [pɐ.ʋɪt̪.ɾᵊ]

पवित्र • (pavitra) (indeclinable)

1. holy, sacred

   Synonyms: धार्मिक (dhārmik), पावन (pāvan)

2. untouched, pure

   Synonym: शुद्ध (śuddh)

• पवित्र रोम साम्राज्य (pavitra rom sāmrājya, “Holy Roman Empire”)
• पवित्र बाइबिल (pavitra bāibil, “Holy Bible”)
• पवित्र आत्मा (pavitra ātmā, “Holy Spirit”)
• पवित्र संघ (pavitra saṅgh, “Holy Alliance”)

Borrowed from Sanskrit पवित्र (pavitra).

• IPA^(key): /pə.ʋit̪.ɾə/

पवित्र • (pavitra) (indeclinable)

1. holy, sacred

   Synonym: पावन (pāvan)

2. chaste, pure

   Synonym: शुद्ध (śuddha)

• पवित्रता (pavitratā)
• पावित्र्य (pāvitrya)

• Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “पवित्र”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
• Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911) “पवित्र”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press

From पव (pava, “purification”), from the root पू (pū, “to purify, cleanse”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pewH-.

पवित्र • (pavitra)

1. purifying, averting evil, pure, holy, sacred, sinless, beneficent (Mn., MBh., &c.)

• Bengali: পবিত্র (pobitro)
• Hindi: पवित्र (pavitra)
• → Khmer: បពិត្រ (bɑpɨt)
• Marathi: पवित्र (pavitra)
• → Malay: pawitera
• → Old Javanese: pawitera, pāwitra
  • → Javanese: ꦥꦮꦶꦠꦿ (pawitra)
• Pali: pavitta
• → Thai: บพิตร (bɔɔ-pít)

• पावन (pāvana, “holy, purifying”)

• Monier Williams (1899) “पवित्र”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 611.