पिशाच
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Hindi
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit पिशाच (piśāca).
Pronunciation
Noun
पिशाच • (piśāc) m (Urdu spelling پشاچ) (rare, formal)
Declension
Declension of पिशाच (masc cons-stem)
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “पिशाच”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- পিশাচ (Assamese script)
- ᬧᬶᬰᬵᬘ (Balinese script)
- পিশাচ (Bengali script)
- 𑰢𑰰𑰫𑰯𑰓 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀧𑀺𑀰𑀸𑀘 (Brahmi script)
- ပိၐာစ (Burmese script)
- પિશાચ (Gujarati script)
- ਪਿਸ਼ਾਚ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌪𑌿𑌶𑌾𑌚 (Grantha script)
- ꦥꦶꦯꦴꦕ (Javanese script)
- 𑂣𑂱𑂬𑂰𑂒 (Kaithi script)
- ಪಿಶಾಚ (Kannada script)
- បិឝាច (Khmer script)
- ປິຨາຈ (Lao script)
- പിശാച (Malayalam script)
- ᢒᡳᡧᠠ᠊ᠠᢜᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘢𑘱𑘫𑘰𑘓 (Modi script)
- ᢒᠢᠱᠠᢗᢋᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧂𑧒𑧋𑧑𑦳 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐥𑐶𑐱𑐵𑐔 (Newa script)
- ପିଶାଚ (Odia script)
- ꢦꢶꢯꢵꢗ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆥𑆴𑆯𑆳𑆖 (Sharada script)
- 𑖢𑖰𑖫𑖯𑖓 (Siddham script)
- පිශාච (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩰𑩑𑩿𑩛𑩡 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚞𑚮𑚧𑚭𑚏 (Takri script)
- பிஶாச (Tamil script)
- పిశాచ (Telugu script)
- ปิศาจ (Thai script)
- པི་ཤཱ་ཙ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒣𑒱𑒬𑒰𑒔 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨞𑨁𑨮𑨊𑨣 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Derived from the root पिश् (piś, “to carve, prepare meat”), because of the demons' fondness for meat. The root is ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peyḱ- (“to hew, cut out”).
Pronunciation
Noun
पिशाच • (piśācá) stem, m
Declension
| Masculine a-stem declension of पिशाच (piśācá) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | पिशाचः piśācáḥ |
पिशाचौ / पिशाचा¹ piśācaú / piśācā́¹ |
पिशाचाः / पिशाचासः¹ piśācā́ḥ / piśācā́saḥ¹ |
| Vocative | पिशाच píśāca |
पिशाचौ / पिशाचा¹ píśācau / píśācā¹ |
पिशाचाः / पिशाचासः¹ píśācāḥ / píśācāsaḥ¹ |
| Accusative | पिशाचम् piśācám |
पिशाचौ / पिशाचा¹ piśācaú / piśācā́¹ |
पिशाचान् piśācā́n |
| Instrumental | पिशाचेन piśācéna |
पिशाचाभ्याम् piśācā́bhyām |
पिशाचैः / पिशाचेभिः¹ piśācaíḥ / piśācébhiḥ¹ |
| Dative | पिशाचाय piśācā́ya |
पिशाचाभ्याम् piśācā́bhyām |
पिशाचेभ्यः piśācébhyaḥ |
| Ablative | पिशाचात् piśācā́t |
पिशाचाभ्याम् piśācā́bhyām |
पिशाचेभ्यः piśācébhyaḥ |
| Genitive | पिशाचस्य piśācásya |
पिशाचयोः piśācáyoḥ |
पिशाचानाम् piśācā́nām |
| Locative | पिशाचे piśācé |
पिशाचयोः piśācáyoḥ |
पिशाचेषु piśācéṣu |
| Notes |
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Descendants
References
- ^ Monier Williams (1899) “पिशाच”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 628, column 2.
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “piśācá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press