पू

Duruwa

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *pū.

Noun

पू (pū)

flower

Konkani

Etymology

From Sanskrit पूय (pūya, “pus”). Cognate with Bengali পূঁয (pũj).

Noun

पू • (pū) (Latin script pu, Kannada script ಪೂ)

discharge from a wound; pus

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

पव् (pav)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pewH-. Cognate with Latin pūrus.

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /puː/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /puː/

Root

पू • (pū)

to purify, cleanse
(middle voice) to purify one's self, be or become clear or bright

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root पू (0 c, 6 e)

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root पू (1 c, 0 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

पुनाति (punā́ti) (Present)
पवते (pávate) (Present)
पविष्यति (paviṣyáti) (Future)
पविता (pavitā́) (Periphrastic Future)
अपावीत् (ápāvīt) (Aorist)
पुपाव (pupā́va) (Perfect)

Secondary Forms

पूयते (pūyáte) (Passive)
पवयति (paváyati) (Causative)
पावयति (pāváyati) (Causative)
अपीपवत् (ápīpavat) (Causative Aorist)
पाव्यते (pāvyáte) (Passive of Causative)
पुपूषति (pupūṣati) (Desiderative)
पिपविषति (pipaviṣati) (Desiderative)
पिपावयिषति (pipāvayiṣati) (Desiderative of Causative)

Non-Finite Forms

पूत (pūtá) (Past Participle)
पवित (pavita) (Past Participle)
पवितुम् (pavitum) (Infinitive)
पुपूतनि (pupūtáni) (Infinitive)
पूत्वा (pūtvā́) (Gerund)
पूत्वी (pūtvī́) (Gerund)
पवित्वा (pavitvā) (Gerund)
पूय (pū́ya) (Gerund)
पावम् (pāvam) (Gerund)

Derived Nominal Forms

पवन (pávana)
पवयितृ (pavayitṛ́)
पवा (pavā́)
पवितृ (pavitṛ́)
पवित्र (pavítra)
पवीतृ (pavītṛ́)
पावक (pāvaká)
पावन (pāvana)
पू (pū)
पूति (pū́ti)
पूत्रिम (pūtríma)
पोतृ (pótṛ)
पोत्र (potrá)

Prefixed Root Forms

अतिपू (atipū)
अनुपू (anupū)
अभिपू (abhipū)
आपू (āpū)
उत्पू (utpū)
निष्पू (niṣpū)
परापू (parāpū)
परिपू (paripū)
विपू (vipū)
सम्पू (sampū)

References

Monier Williams (1899) “पू”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 640, column 3.
William Dwight Whitney (1885) The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 99

Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “pū”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “PAV^I”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 105-7
Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 480