पिप्पल
See also: पिप्पलि
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- পিপ্পল (Assamese script)
- ᬧᬶᬧ᭄ᬧᬮ (Balinese script)
- পিপ্পল (Bengali script)
- 𑰢𑰰𑰢𑰿𑰢𑰩 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀧𑀺𑀧𑁆𑀧𑀮 (Brahmi script)
- ပိပ္ပလ (Burmese script)
- પિપ્પલ (Gujarati script)
- ਪਿਪ੍ਪਲ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌪𑌿𑌪𑍍𑌪𑌲 (Grantha script)
- ꦥꦶꦥ꧀ꦥꦭ (Javanese script)
- 𑂣𑂱𑂣𑂹𑂣𑂪 (Kaithi script)
- ಪಿಪ್ಪಲ (Kannada script)
- បិប្បល (Khmer script)
- ປິປ຺ປລ (Lao script)
- പിപ്പല (Malayalam script)
- ᢒᡳᢒᢒᠠᠯᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘢𑘱𑘢𑘿𑘢𑘩 (Modi script)
- ᢒᠢᢒᢒᠠᠯᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧂𑧒𑧂𑧠𑧂𑧉 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐥𑐶𑐥𑑂𑐥𑐮 (Newa script)
- ପିପ୍ପଲ (Odia script)
- ꢦꢶꢦ꣄ꢦꢭ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆥𑆴𑆥𑇀𑆥𑆬 (Sharada script)
- 𑖢𑖰𑖢𑖿𑖢𑖩 (Siddham script)
- පිප්පල (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩰𑩑𑩰 𑪙𑩰𑩽 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚞𑚮𑚞𑚶𑚞𑚥 (Takri script)
- பிப்பல (Tamil script)
- పిప్పల (Telugu script)
- ปิปฺปล (Thai script)
- པི་པྤ་ལ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒣𑒱𑒣𑓂𑒣𑒪 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨞𑨁𑨞𑩇𑨞𑨬 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From a Pre-Indo-Aryan substrate.[1]
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /píp.pɐ.lɐ/, [píp̚.pɐ.lɐ]
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /pip.pɐ.l̪ɐ/, [pip̚.pɐ.l̪ɐ]
Noun
पिप्पल • (píppala) stem, m
- berry (especially of the sacred fig)
- the sacred fig, Ficus religiosa
- a kind of bird
- nipple
- sleeve of a jacket or coat
- a son of Mitra and Revati
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | पिप्पलः (pippalaḥ) | पिप्पलौ (pippalau) | पिप्पलाः (pippalāḥ) |
| accusative | पिप्पलम् (pippalam) | पिप्पलौ (pippalau) | पिप्पलान् (pippalān) |
| instrumental | पिप्पलेन (pippalena) | पिप्पलाभ्याम् (pippalābhyām) | पिप्पलैः (pippalaiḥ) |
| dative | पिप्पलाय (pippalāya) | पिप्पलाभ्याम् (pippalābhyām) | पिप्पलेभ्यः (pippalebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | पिप्पलात् (pippalāt) | पिप्पलाभ्याम् (pippalābhyām) | पिप्पलेभ्यः (pippalebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | पिप्पलस्य (pippalasya) | पिप्पलयोः (pippalayoḥ) | पिप्पलानाम् (pippalānām) |
| locative | पिप्पले (pippale) | पिप्पलयोः (pippalayoḥ) | पिप्पलेषु (pippaleṣu) |
| vocative | पिप्पल (pippala) | पिप्पलौ (pippalau) | पिप्पलाः (pippalāḥ) |
Derived terms
- पिप्पलि (pippali)
Descendants
- Hindi: पीपल (pīpal)
- Urdu: پیپل (pīpal)
- Marathi: पिंपळ (pimpaḷ)
- Punjabi: ਪਿੱਪਲ (pippaḷa)
- → Ancient Greek: πέπερι (péperi) (possibly not directly from Sanskrit)
- → Persian: پلپل (pelpel) (possibly not directly from Sanskrit)
- → Telugu: పిప్పలము (pippalamu)
Noun
पिप्पल • (pippala) stem, n
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | पिप्पलम् (pippalam) | पिप्पले (pippale) | पिप्पलानि (pippalāni) |
| accusative | पिप्पलम् (pippalam) | पिप्पले (pippale) | पिप्पलानि (pippalāni) |
| instrumental | पिप्पलेन (pippalena) | पिप्पलाभ्याम् (pippalābhyām) | पिप्पलैः (pippalaiḥ) |
| dative | पिप्पलाय (pippalāya) | पिप्पलाभ्याम् (pippalābhyām) | पिप्पलेभ्यः (pippalebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | पिप्पलात् (pippalāt) | पिप्पलाभ्याम् (pippalābhyām) | पिप्पलेभ्यः (pippalebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | पिप्पलस्य (pippalasya) | पिप्पलयोः (pippalayoḥ) | पिप्पलानाम् (pippalānām) |
| locative | पिप्पले (pippale) | पिप्पलयोः (pippalayoḥ) | पिप्पलेषु (pippaleṣu) |
| vocative | पिप्पल (pippala) | पिप्पले (pippale) | पिप्पलानि (pippalāni) |
References
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “píppala-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 133
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899) “पिप्पल”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 627/3.
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “pippala”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.