پانی

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See also: باني, تاني, and ثاني

Central Kurdish

Etymology

پان (pan) +‎ ی (î)

Pronunciation

Noun

پانی (panî)

  1. width, breadth

Deccani

Etymology

Inherited from Old Hindi पांनी (pā̃nī), from Apabhramsa पाणिउ (pāṇiu), from Prakrit 𑀧𑀸𑀡𑀻𑀅 (pāṇīa), from Sanskrit पानीय (pānīya, water, drink).

Noun

پانی (pānīm

  1. water

References

  • Khateeb S. Mustafa, A Descriptive Grammar Of Dakkhini (2000) (as pani)
  • Ruth Laila Schmidt, Dakhini Urdu: History and Structure (1981) (as paanii)

Gojri

Etymology

Inherited from Old Gujarati पाणी (pāṇī), from Prakrit 𑀧𑀸𑀡𑀻𑀅 (pāṇīa), from Sanskrit पानीय (pānīya).

Noun

پاݩِی (pāṇīm

  1. water, juice
  2. well, tank, river, water source

Further reading

  • Dr Rafique Anjum (2018) Concise Gojri-Kashmiri-English Dictionary, New Delhi: Adam Publishers & Distributors, →ISBN, page 90.
  • Javaid Rahi (2015) گوجری ڈکشنری [Gojri Dictionary] (in Gojri), page 228, column 2.

Punjabi

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Etymology

Inherited from Old Punjabi ਪਾਣੀ (pāṇī), from Prakrit 𑀧𑀸𑀡𑀻𑀅 (pāṇīa), from Sanskrit पानीय (pānīya, water, drink).

Pronunciation

Noun

پاݨِی (pāṇīm (Gurmukhi spelling ਪਾਣੀ)

  1. water
    میْنُوْں پاݨِی دے
    menūṉ pāṇī de
    Give me water.

Declension

Declension of پانی
dir. sg. پاݨی (pāṇī)
dir. pl. پاݨی (pāṇī)
singular plural
direct پاݨی (pāṇī) پاݨی (pāṇī)
oblique پاݨی (pāṇī) پاݨِیاں (pāṇīyāṉ)
vocative پاݨِیا (pāṇīyā) پاݨِیو (pāṇīv)
ablative پاݨِیوں (pāṇīvṉ) پاݨِیاں (pāṇīyāṉ)
locative
instrumental

Further reading

  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “پانی”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • Bashir, Kanwal (2012) “پانی”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
  • ਪਾਣੀ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024

Urdu

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Etymology

Inherited from Old Hindi پانی (pānī), from Apabhramsa पाणिउ (pāṇiu), from Prakrit पाणीअ (pāṇīa), from Sanskrit पानीय (pānīya, water, drink).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /pɑː.niː/
  • Audio (India):(file)
  • Rhymes: -iː
  • Hyphenation: پَا‧نِی

Noun

پَانِی (pānīm (Hindi spelling पानी)

  1. water
    Synonyms: آب (āb), جَل (jal), نِیر (nīr)
  2. (figuratively) rain, monsoon
  3. (figuratively) tear, sweat
  4. (figuratively) alcohol
  5. (kite playing) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Declension

    Declension of پانی
singular plural
direct پَانی (pānī) پَانی (pānī)
oblique پَانی (pānī) پَانِیوں (pāniyõ)
vocative پَانی (pānī) پَانِیو (pāniyo)

Further reading

  • پانی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “پانی”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 222
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “پانی”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 146
  • پانی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.