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Sanskrit
Etymology 1
From Proto-Indo-European *péwmōs ~ *pumsés. Related to Latin pūbēs.[1][2]
Pronunciation
Noun
पुंस् • (púṃs) stem, m
- a man, male being
- Synonyms: नृ (nṛ), पुरुष (puruṣa)
- (grammar) a masculine word
- a human being
- soul, spirit
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:आत्मन्
- a servant, attendant
Declension
Masculine irregular declension of पुंस् (púṃs)
Etymology 2
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Root
पुंस् • (puṃs)
- to crush, grind
- to pain, trouble, punish
References
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “púmām̐s”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 144
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “pūbēs”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 495
Further reading
- Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “पुंस्”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
- Monier Williams (1899) “पुंस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 630, column 3.