पृ
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- পৃ (Assamese script)
- ᬧᬺ (Balinese script)
- পৃ (Bengali script)
- 𑰢𑰴 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀧𑀾 (Brahmi script)
- ပၖ (Burmese script)
- પૃ (Gujarati script)
- ਪ੍ਰ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌪𑍃 (Grantha script)
- ꦥꦽ (Javanese script)
- 𑂣𑃂 (Kaithi script)
- ಪೃ (Kannada script)
- ប្ឫ (Khmer script)
- ປ຺ຣິ (Lao script)
- പൃ (Malayalam script)
- ᢒᡵᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘢𑘵 (Modi script)
- ᢒᠷᠢ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧂𑧖 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐥𑐺 (Newa script)
- ପୃ (Odia script)
- ꢦꢺ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆥𑆸 (Sharada script)
- 𑖢𑖴 (Siddham script)
- පෘ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩰𑩙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚞 (Takri script)
- ப்ரி (Tamil script)
- పృ (Telugu script)
- ปฺฤ (Thai script)
- པྲྀ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒣𑒵 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨞𑨼𑨉 (Zanabazar Square script)
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /pr̩/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /pr̩/
Etymology 1
Likely a specialized usage of पृ in the "fill up" or "further" senses described under Etymologies 2 and 3.
Root
पृ • (pṛ)
- to be busy or active (mostly with prefix वि- (vi-) + आ- (ā-) or only with आ- (ā-)).
- to cause to work, engage upon, entrust with, appoint to (usually with locative case)
- to place, set, fix, direct, cast
Derived terms
Sanskrit terms belonging to the root पृ (0 c, 2 e)
Category Terms derived from the Sanskrit root पृ not found
- Primary Verbal Forms
- पृणोति (pṛṇóti) (Present)
- Secondary Forms
- प्रियते (priyáte) (Passive)
- पारयति (pāráyati) (Causative)
- Non-Finite Forms
- पृत (pṛtá) (Past Participle)
Etymology 2
From Proto-Indo-European *per-.
Root
पृ • (pṛ)
- to bring over or to (acc.), bring out of, deliver from (abl.), rescue, save, protect (with पृणोति (pṛṇoti)), escort, further, promote
- to surpass, excel (acc.)
- to be able (with inf.)
Derived terms
Sanskrit terms belonging to the root पृ (0 c, 2 e)
Category Terms derived from the Sanskrit root पृ not found
- Primary Verbal Forms
- पिपर्ति (píparti) (Present)
- पर्षि (párṣi) (Present)
- Secondary Forms
- पारयति (pāráyati) (Causative)
- Non-Finite Forms
- पर्षणि (parṣáṇi) (Infinitive)
- Derived Nominal Forms
Etymology 3
Root
पृ • (pṛ)
- alternative form of पॄ (pṝ)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “पृ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 645.
- William Dwight Whitney (1885) The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 100
- William Dwight Whitney (1885) The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 101
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 85-86; 159