प्लीहन्
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
- प्लिहन् (plihán)
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- প্লীহন্ (Assamese script)
- ᬧ᭄ᬮᬷᬳᬦ᭄ (Balinese script)
- প্লীহন্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰢𑰿𑰩𑰱𑰮𑰡𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀧𑁆𑀮𑀻𑀳𑀦𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- ပ္လီဟန် (Burmese script)
- પ્લીહન્ (Gujarati script)
- ਪ੍ਲੀਹਨ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌪𑍍𑌲𑍀𑌹𑌨𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦥ꧀ꦭꦷꦲꦤ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂣𑂹𑂪𑂲𑂯𑂢𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಪ್ಲೀಹೝ (Kannada script)
- ប្លីហន៑ (Khmer script)
- ປ຺ລີຫນ຺ (Lao script)
- പ്ലീഹന് (Malayalam script)
- ᢒᠯᡳᡳᡥᠠᠨ (Manchu script)
- 𑘢𑘿𑘩𑘲𑘮𑘡𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᢒᠯᠢᠢᠾᠠᠨ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧂𑧠𑧉𑧓𑧎𑧁𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐥𑑂𑐮𑐷𑐴𑐣𑑂 (Newa script)
- ପ୍ଲୀହନ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢦ꣄ꢭꢷꢲꢥ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆥𑇀𑆬𑆵𑆲𑆤𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖢𑖿𑖩𑖱𑖮𑖡𑖿 (Siddham script)
- ප්ලීහන් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩰 𑪙𑩽𑩑𑩛𑪂𑩯 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚞𑚶𑚥𑚯𑚩𑚝𑚶 (Takri script)
- ப்லீஹந் (Tamil script)
- ప్లీహౝ (Telugu script)
- ปฺลีหนฺ (Thai script)
- པླཱི་ཧ་ན྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒣𑓂𑒪𑒲𑒯𑒢𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨞𑩇𑨬𑨁𑨊𑨱𑨝𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *spliHȷ́ʰā́, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pli(H)ǵʰḗn.[1] Cognate with Ancient Greek σπλήν (splḗn) (whence English spleen), Latin lien, Avestan 𐬯𐬞𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬀𐬥 (spərəzan), Old Armenian փայծաղն (pʻaycałn), Russian селезёнка (selezjónka), Lithuanian blužnis, Persian اسپرز (esporz).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /pliː.ɦɐ́n/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /pl̪iː.ɦɐn̪/
Noun
प्लीहन् • (plīhán) stem, m
- the spleen
- c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda 2.33.3:
- हृदयात्ते परि क्लोम्नो हलीक्ष्णात्पार्श्वाभ्याम् ।
यक्ष्मं मतस्नाभ्यां प्लीह्नो यक्नस्ते वि वृहामसि ॥- hṛdayātte pari klomno halīkṣṇātpārśvābhyām.
yakṣmaṃ matasnābhyāṃ plīhno yaknaste vi vṛhāmasi. - Forth from thy heart and from thy lungs, from thy gall-bladder and thy sides,
From kidneys, spleen and liver thy malady we uproot.
- hṛdayātte pari klomno halīkṣṇātpārśvābhyām.
- हृदयात्ते परि क्लोम्नो हलीक्ष्णात्पार्श्वाभ्याम् ।
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | प्लीहा (plīhā́) | प्लीहानौ (plīhā́nau) प्लीहाना¹ (plīhā́nā¹) |
प्लीहानः (plīhā́naḥ) |
| accusative | प्लीहानम् (plīhā́nam) | प्लीहानौ (plīhā́nau) प्लीहाना¹ (plīhā́nā¹) |
प्लीह्नः (plīhnáḥ) |
| instrumental | प्लीह्ना (plīhnā́) | प्लीहभ्याम् (plīhábhyām) | प्लीहभिः (plīhábhiḥ) |
| dative | प्लीह्ने (plīhné) | प्लीहभ्याम् (plīhábhyām) | प्लीहभ्यः (plīhábhyaḥ) |
| ablative | प्लीह्नः (plīhnáḥ) | प्लीहभ्याम् (plīhábhyām) | प्लीहभ्यः (plīhábhyaḥ) |
| genitive | प्लीह्नः (plīhnáḥ) | प्लीह्नोः (plīhnóḥ) | प्लीह्नाम् (plīhnā́m) |
| locative | प्लीह्नि (plīhní) प्लीहनि (plīháni) प्लीहन्¹ (plīhán¹) |
प्लीह्नोः (plīhnóḥ) | प्लीहसु (plīhásu) |
| vocative | प्लीहन् (plī́han) | प्लीहानौ (plī́hānau) प्लीहाना¹ (plī́hānā¹) |
प्लीहानः (plī́hānaḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
- Hindi: फिया (phiyā)
References
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “plīhán”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 196-197
- Monier Williams (1899) “प्लीहन्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 715/1.