पांनी

Old Hindi

Alternative forms

  • पांणीं (pā̃ṇī̃), पांणी (pā̃ṇī)

Etymology

    Inherited from Sauraseni Apabhramsa पाणिअ (pāṇia), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀧𑀸𑀡𑀻𑀅 (pāṇīa), from Sanskrit पानीय (pānīya). Cognate with Old Punjabi ਪਾਣੀ (pāṇī), Old Gujarati पाणी (pāṇī), Old Marathi 𑘢𑘰𑘜𑘲 (pāṇī), Middle Bengali পানী (pani).

    Noun

    पांनी (pā̃nī)

    1. water
      Synonyms: उदिक (udika), जल (jala), नीर (nīra)
      • c. 1420, Kabīr, Kabīr Vāṇī 363.2:
        माया मोह ममिता कौ घाल्यौ
        बूडि मूवो बिन पांनी
        māyā moha mamitā kau ghālyau
        būḍi mūvo bina pā̃nī
        tossed about by māyā, delusion and egoism
        [he] died having drowned without [even having fallen into the] water

    Derived terms

    • पांनी बिरोलना (pā̃nī birolanā, to engage in useless activity)

    Descendants

    • Braj: पानी (pānī), पाणी (pāṇī)
    • Hindustani: pānī
      Deccani: پانی
      Hindi: पानी
      Urdu: پَانِی (pānī)

    Further reading

    • Jaroslav Strnad (2013) Morphology and Syntax of Old Hindī : Edition and Analysis of One Hundred Kabīr Vānī Poems From Rājasthān (Brill's Indological Library; 45), Leiden, →OCLC, page 546
    • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “pānīˊya”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 456