पिपील
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- পিপীল (Assamese script)
- ᬧᬶᬧᬷᬮ (Balinese script)
- পিপীল (Bengali script)
- 𑰢𑰰𑰢𑰱𑰩 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀧𑀺𑀧𑀻𑀮 (Brahmi script)
- ပိပီလ (Burmese script)
- પિપીલ (Gujarati script)
- ਪਿਪੀਲ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌪𑌿𑌪𑍀𑌲 (Grantha script)
- ꦥꦶꦥꦷꦭ (Javanese script)
- 𑂣𑂱𑂣𑂲𑂪 (Kaithi script)
- ಪಿಪೀಲ (Kannada script)
- បិបីល (Khmer script)
- ປິປີລ (Lao script)
- പിപീല (Malayalam script)
- ᢒᡳᢒᡳᡳᠯᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘢𑘱𑘢𑘲𑘩 (Modi script)
- ᢒᠢᢒᠢᠢᠯᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧂𑧒𑧂𑧓𑧉 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐥𑐶𑐥𑐷𑐮 (Newa script)
- ପିପୀଲ (Odia script)
- ꢦꢶꢦꢷꢭ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆥𑆴𑆥𑆵𑆬 (Sharada script)
- 𑖢𑖰𑖢𑖱𑖩 (Siddham script)
- පිපීල (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩰𑩑𑩰𑩑𑩛𑩽 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚞𑚮𑚞𑚯𑚥 (Takri script)
- பிபீல (Tamil script)
- పిపీల (Telugu script)
- ปิปีล (Thai script)
- པི་པཱི་ལ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒣𑒱𑒣𑒲𑒪 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨞𑨁𑨞𑨁𑨊𑨬 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Probably borrowed from a substrate, due to the numerous phonetic variations (with gemination, aspiration and/or retroflexion) of derivatives in descendants. Compare also Prakrit 𑀧𑀺𑀧𑁆𑀧𑀬 (pippaya, “fly”) and Hindi तितली (titlī, “butterfly”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /pi.piː.lɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /pi.piː.l̪ɐ/
Noun
पिपील • (pipīla) stem, m
- an ant
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | पिपीलः (pipīlaḥ) | पिपीलौ (pipīlau) पिपीला¹ (pipīlā¹) |
पिपीलाः (pipīlāḥ) पिपीलासः¹ (pipīlāsaḥ¹) |
| accusative | पिपीलम् (pipīlam) | पिपीलौ (pipīlau) पिपीला¹ (pipīlā¹) |
पिपीलान् (pipīlān) |
| instrumental | पिपीलेन (pipīlena) | पिपीलाभ्याम् (pipīlābhyām) | पिपीलैः (pipīlaiḥ) पिपीलेभिः¹ (pipīlebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | पिपीलाय (pipīlāya) | पिपीलाभ्याम् (pipīlābhyām) | पिपीलेभ्यः (pipīlebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | पिपीलात् (pipīlāt) | पिपीलाभ्याम् (pipīlābhyām) | पिपीलेभ्यः (pipīlebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | पिपीलस्य (pipīlasya) | पिपीलयोः (pipīlayoḥ) | पिपीलानाम् (pipīlānām) |
| locative | पिपीले (pipīle) | पिपीलयोः (pipīlayoḥ) | पिपीलेषु (pipīleṣu) |
| vocative | पिपील (pipīla) | पिपीलौ (pipīlau) पिपीला¹ (pipīlā¹) |
पिपीलाः (pipīlāḥ) पिपीलासः¹ (pipīlāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Derived terms
- पिपीलक (pipīlaka)
- पिपीली (pipīlī)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “पिपील”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 627/3.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 132-3
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary][2] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 285
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “pipīlá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press