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Old Hindi
Etymology
Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit पक्षिन् (pakṣín, “bird”, literally “winged”). Compare Old Punjabi ਪੰਖੀ (paṅkhī), Old Gujarati पखी (pakhī), पंखी (paṃkhī), Old Marathi 𑘢𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘲 (pakṣī), Bengali পঙ্খী (poṅkhi).
Noun
पंषी (pãṣī)
- bird
c. 1420,
Kabīr,
Kabīr Vāṇī 92.1:
- बिरषि बसेरा पंषि का
ऐसा माया जाल- biraṣi baserā pãṣi kā
aisā māyā jāla - this web of māyā is like
bird’s perch on a tree
Descendants
Further reading
- Jaroslav Strnad (2013) Morphology and Syntax of Old Hindī : Edition and Analysis of One Hundred Kabīr Vānī Poems From Rājasthān (Brill's Indological Library; 45), Leiden, →OCLC, page 544