पी
Hindi
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /piː/
Verb
पी • (pī)
- inflection of पीना (pīnā):
- stem
- feminine singular perfective participle
- feminine singular perfect indicative
- second-person singular intimate present imperative
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “पी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- পী (Assamese script)
- ᬧᬷ (Balinese script)
- পী (Bengali script)
- 𑰢𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀧𑀻 (Brahmi script)
- ပီ (Burmese script)
- પી (Gujarati script)
- ਪੀ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌪𑍀 (Grantha script)
- ꦥꦷ (Javanese script)
- 𑂣𑂲 (Kaithi script)
- ಪೀ (Kannada script)
- បី (Khmer script)
- ປີ (Lao script)
- പീ (Malayalam script)
- ᢒᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘢𑘲 (Modi script)
- ᢒᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧂𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐥𑐷 (Newa script)
- ପୀ (Odia script)
- ꢦꢷ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆥𑆵 (Sharada script)
- 𑖢𑖱 (Siddham script)
- පී (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩰𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚞𑚯 (Takri script)
- பீ (Tamil script)
- పీ (Telugu script)
- ปี (Thai script)
- པཱི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒣𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨞𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /piː/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /piː/
Etymology 1
From Proto-Indo-European *peyh₂- (“to swell, fatten”).[1][2]
Alternative forms
- पय् (pay), पि (pi), पिन्व् (pinv), प्यै (pyai)
Root
पी • (pī)
- to swell, overflow, be exuberant, abound, increase, grow
- to fatten, cause to swell or be exuberant, surfeit
Derived terms
Sanskrit terms belonging to the root पी (0 c, 2 e)
Terms derived from the Sanskrit root पी (2 c, 0 e)
- Primary Verbal Forms
- पिन्वति (pínvati) (Present)
- पयते (páyate) (Present)
- पीपाय (pīpā́ya) (Perfect)
- Non-Finite Forms
- Derived Nominal Forms
References
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “PAYI¹”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 83-84
- ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “payi [1]”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, page 376
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899) “पी”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 629, column 1.
- William Dwight Whitney (1885) The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, pages 96-97
Etymology 2
From the zero grade *ph₃- of Proto-Indo-European *peh₃- (“to drink”).
Root
पी • (pī)
- alternative form of पा (pā, “to drink”)