पाषी
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- পাষী (Assamese script)
- ᬧᬵᬱᬷ (Balinese script)
- পাষী (Bengali script)
- 𑰢𑰯𑰬𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀧𑀸𑀱𑀻 (Brahmi script)
- ပါၑီ (Burmese script)
- પાષી (Gujarati script)
- ਪਾਸ਼ੀ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌪𑌾𑌷𑍀 (Grantha script)
- ꦥꦴꦰꦷ (Javanese script)
- 𑂣𑂰𑂭𑂲 (Kaithi script)
- ಪಾಷೀ (Kannada script)
- បាឞី (Khmer script)
- ປາຩີ (Lao script)
- പാഷീ (Malayalam script)
- ᢒᠠ᠊ᠠᢢᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘢𑘰𑘬𑘲 (Modi script)
- ᢒᠠᢗᢔᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧂𑧑𑧌𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐥𑐵𑐲𑐷 (Newa script)
- ପାଷୀ (Odia script)
- ꢦꢵꢰꢷ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆥𑆳𑆰𑆵 (Sharada script)
- 𑖢𑖯𑖬𑖱 (Siddham script)
- පාෂී (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩰𑩛𑪀𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚞𑚭𑚯 (Takri script)
- பாஷீ (Tamil script)
- పాషీ (Telugu script)
- ปาษี (Thai script)
- པཱ་ཥཱི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒣𑒰𑒭𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨞𑨊𑨯𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *paršíH, from Proto-Indo-European *pels-íh₂. Cognate with Pashto پرښه (parša), Ancient Greek πέλλα (pélla, “stone”). See also पाषाण (pāṣāṇa). Compare Ashkun paṣú (“mountainslope, side”), Kamkata-viri paṣǘ, paṣí (“mountainslope, side”), Prasuni Uṣǘt (“Pashki, literally "place of the rock"”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /pɑː.ʂiː/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /pɑː.ʂiː/
Noun
पाषी • (pāṣī) stem, f
- stone
- RV 1.56.6
- त्वं दिवो धरुणं धिष ओजसा पृथिव्या इन्द्र सदनेषु माहिनः ।
त्वं सुतस्य मदे अरिणा अपो वि वृत्रस्य समया पाष्यारुजः ॥- tvaṃ divo dharuṇaṃ dhiṣa ojasā pṛthivyā indra sadaneṣu māhinaḥ.
tvaṃ sutasya made ariṇā apo vi vṛtrasya samayā pāṣyārujaḥ. - Thou with thy might didst grasp, the holder-up of heaven, thou who art mighty also in the seats of earth.
Thou, gladdened by the juice, hast set the waters free, and broken Vrtra's stony fences through and through.
- tvaṃ divo dharuṇaṃ dhiṣa ojasā pṛthivyā indra sadaneṣu māhinaḥ.
- RV 1.56.6
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | पाषी (pāṣī) | पाष्यौ (pāṣyau) पाषी¹ (pāṣī¹) |
पाष्यः (pāṣyaḥ) पाषीः¹ (pāṣīḥ¹) |
| accusative | पाषीम् (pāṣīm) | पाष्यौ (pāṣyau) पाषी¹ (pāṣī¹) |
पाषीः (pāṣīḥ) |
| instrumental | पाष्या (pāṣyā) | पाषीभ्याम् (pāṣībhyām) | पाषीभिः (pāṣībhiḥ) |
| dative | पाष्यै (pāṣyai) | पाषीभ्याम् (pāṣībhyām) | पाषीभ्यः (pāṣībhyaḥ) |
| ablative | पाष्याः (pāṣyāḥ) पाष्यै² (pāṣyai²) |
पाषीभ्याम् (pāṣībhyām) | पाषीभ्यः (pāṣībhyaḥ) |
| genitive | पाष्याः (pāṣyāḥ) पाष्यै² (pāṣyai²) |
पाष्योः (pāṣyoḥ) | पाषीणाम् (pāṣīṇām) |
| locative | पाष्याम् (pāṣyām) | पाष्योः (pāṣyoḥ) | पाषीषु (pāṣīṣu) |
| vocative | पाषि (pāṣi) | पाष्यौ (pāṣyau) पाषी¹ (pāṣī¹) |
पाष्यः (pāṣyaḥ) पाषीः¹ (pāṣīḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
- ²Brāhmaṇas
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “पाषी”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 624/1.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 125