पृथिवी

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Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *pr̥tHwíH, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥th₂-éwih₂ (broad land, country), from *pléth₂us (flat, broad). Cognate with Avestan 𐬞𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬚𐬡𐬍 (pərəθβī), Proto-Celtic *ɸlitawī. Related to पृथु (pṛthú).

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Noun

पृथिवी (pṛthivī́) stemf

  1. the earth or the wide world
    • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 5.83.5:
      यस्य॑ व्र॒ते पृ॑थि॒वी नन्न॑मीति॒ यस्य॑ व्र॒ते श॒फव॒ज्जर्भु॑रीति।
      यस्य॑ व्र॒त ओष॑धीर्वि॒श्वरू॑पा॒: स न॑: पर्जन्य॒ महि॒ शर्म॑ यच्छ॥
      yásya vraté pṛthivī́ nánnamīti yásya vraté śaphávajjárbhurīti.
      yásya vratá óṣadhīrviśvárūpā: sá na: parjanya máhi śárma yaccha.
      Do you, Parjanya, through whose function the earth is bowed down; through whose function hoofed cattle thrive; through whose function plants assume all kinds of forms, grant us great felicity.
  2. land, ground, soil

Declension

Feminine ī-stem declension of पृथिवी (pṛthivī́)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative पृथिवी
pṛthivī́
पृथिव्यौ / पृथिवी¹
pṛthivyaù / pṛthivī́¹
पृथिव्यः / पृथिवीः¹
pṛthivyàḥ / pṛthivī́ḥ¹
Vocative पृथिवि
pṛ́thivi
पृथिव्यौ / पृथिवी¹
pṛ́thivyau / pṛ́thivī¹
पृथिव्यः / पृथिवीः¹
pṛ́thivyaḥ / pṛ́thivīḥ¹
Accusative पृथिवीम्
pṛthivī́m
पृथिव्यौ / पृथिवी¹
pṛthivyaù / pṛthivī́¹
पृथिवीः
pṛthivī́ḥ
Instrumental पृथिव्या
pṛthivyā́
पृथिवीभ्याम्
pṛthivī́bhyām
पृथिवीभिः
pṛthivī́bhiḥ
Dative पृथिव्यै
pṛthivyaí
पृथिवीभ्याम्
pṛthivī́bhyām
पृथिवीभ्यः
pṛthivī́bhyaḥ
Ablative पृथिव्याः / पृथिव्यै²
pṛthivyā́ḥ / pṛthivyaí²
पृथिवीभ्याम्
pṛthivī́bhyām
पृथिवीभ्यः
pṛthivī́bhyaḥ
Genitive पृथिव्याः / पृथिव्यै²
pṛthivyā́ḥ / pṛthivyaí²
पृथिव्योः
pṛthivyóḥ
पृथिवीनाम्
pṛthivī́nām
Locative पृथिव्याम्
pṛthivyā́m
पृथिव्योः
pṛthivyóḥ
पृथिवीषु
pṛthivī́ṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic
  • ²Brāhmaṇas

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