पूय
Hindi
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit पूय (pū́ya).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /puːj/
Noun
पूय • (pūy) m
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | पूय pūy |
पूय pūy |
| oblique | पूय pūy |
पूयों pūyõ |
| vocative | पूय pūy |
पूयो pūyo |
Further reading
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “पूय”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 3077
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “पूय”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 641
- Platts, John T. (1884) “पूय”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 282
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- পূয় (Assamese script)
- ᬧᬹᬬ (Balinese script)
- পূয় (Bengali script)
- 𑰢𑰳𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀧𑀽𑀬 (Brahmi script)
- ပူယ (Burmese script)
- પૂય (Gujarati script)
- ਪੂਯ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌪𑍂𑌯 (Grantha script)
- ꦥꦹꦪ (Javanese script)
- 𑂣𑂴𑂨 (Kaithi script)
- ಪೂಯ (Kannada script)
- បូយ (Khmer script)
- ປູຍ (Lao script)
- പൂയ (Malayalam script)
- ᢒᡠᡠᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘢𑘴𑘧 (Modi script)
- ᢒᠤᠤᠶ᠋ᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧂𑧕𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐥𑐹𑐫 (Newa script)
- ପୂଯ (Odia script)
- ꢦꢹꢫ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆥𑆷𑆪 (Sharada script)
- 𑖢𑖳𑖧 (Siddham script)
- පූය (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩰𑩒𑩛𑩻 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚞𑚱𑚣 (Takri script)
- பூய (Tamil script)
- పూయ (Telugu script)
- ปูย (Thai script)
- པཱུ་ཡ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒣𑒴𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨞𑨃𑨊𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *púHyas, ultimately from *puH- (“putrid, foul; pus”). Cognate with Ancient Greek πῦον (pûon, “discharge from a sore”), Latin pūs (“pus”), Old English fūl (whence English foul). The Sanskrit root is पूय् (pūy), reflecting the interpretation of the semivowel in पूयति (pūyati) as part of the root and not the conjugation.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /púː.jɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /puː.jɐ/
Noun
पूय • (pū́ya) stem, m or n
- purulent matter, pus
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:पूय
- c. 700 CE – 900 CE, Bhāgavata Purāṇa 4.10.24:
- ववृषू रुधिरौघासृक्पूयविण्मूत्रमेदसः। निपेतुर्गगनादस्य कबन्धान्यग्रतोऽनघ॥
- vavṛṣū rudhiraughāsṛkpūyaviṇmūtramedasaḥ. nipeturgaganādasya kabandhānyagratoʼnagha.
- My dear faultless Vidura, in that rainfall there was blood, mucus, pus, stool, urine and marrow falling heavily before Dhruva Mahārāja, and there were trunks of bodies falling from the sky.
- ववृषू रुधिरौघासृक्पूयविण्मूत्रमेदसः। निपेतुर्गगनादस्य कबन्धान्यग्रतोऽनघ॥
- suppuration, discharge from a sore or wound
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | पूयः (pū́yaḥ) | पूयौ (pū́yau) पूया¹ (pū́yā¹) |
पूयाः (pū́yāḥ) पूयासः¹ (pū́yāsaḥ¹) |
| accusative | पूयम् (pū́yam) | पूयौ (pū́yau) पूया¹ (pū́yā¹) |
पूयान् (pū́yān) |
| instrumental | पूयेन (pū́yena) | पूयाभ्याम् (pū́yābhyām) | पूयैः (pū́yaiḥ) पूयेभिः¹ (pū́yebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | पूयाय (pū́yāya) | पूयाभ्याम् (pū́yābhyām) | पूयेभ्यः (pū́yebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | पूयात् (pū́yāt) | पूयाभ्याम् (pū́yābhyām) | पूयेभ्यः (pū́yebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | पूयस्य (pū́yasya) | पूययोः (pū́yayoḥ) | पूयानाम् (pū́yānām) |
| locative | पूये (pū́ye) | पूययोः (pū́yayoḥ) | पूयेषु (pū́yeṣu) |
| vocative | पूय (pū́ya) | पूयौ (pū́yau) पूया¹ (pū́yā¹) |
पूयाः (pū́yāḥ) पूयासः¹ (pū́yāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | पूयम् (pū́yam) | पूये (pū́ye) | पूयानि (pū́yāni) पूया¹ (pū́yā¹) |
| accusative | पूयम् (pū́yam) | पूये (pū́ye) | पूयानि (pū́yāni) पूया¹ (pū́yā¹) |
| instrumental | पूयेन (pū́yena) | पूयाभ्याम् (pū́yābhyām) | पूयैः (pū́yaiḥ) पूयेभिः¹ (pū́yebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | पूयाय (pū́yāya) | पूयाभ्याम् (pū́yābhyām) | पूयेभ्यः (pū́yebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | पूयात् (pū́yāt) | पूयाभ्याम् (pū́yābhyām) | पूयेभ्यः (pū́yebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | पूयस्य (pū́yasya) | पूययोः (pū́yayoḥ) | पूयानाम् (pū́yānām) |
| locative | पूये (pū́ye) | पूययोः (pū́yayoḥ) | पूयेषु (pū́yeṣu) |
| vocative | पूय (pū́ya) | पूये (pū́ye) | पूयानि (pū́yāni) पूया¹ (pū́yā¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
- Magadhi Prakrit:
- Pali: pubba
- Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀧𑀽𑀅 (pūa)
- Konkani: पू (pū)
- → Telugu: పూయము (pūyamu)
- → Hindi: पूय (pūy)
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899) “पूय”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 641.
- Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “पूय”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 1039
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “pūya”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “पूय”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 167