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Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- প্লু (Assamese script)
- ᬧ᭄ᬮᬸ (Balinese script)
- প্লু (Bengali script)
- 𑰢𑰿𑰩𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀧𑁆𑀮𑀼 (Brahmi script)
- ပ္လု (Burmese script)
- પ્લુ (Gujarati script)
- ਪ੍ਲੁ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌪𑍍𑌲𑍁 (Grantha script)
- ꦥ꧀ꦭꦸ (Javanese script)
- 𑂣𑂹𑂪𑂳 (Kaithi script)
- ಪ್ಲು (Kannada script)
- ប្លុ (Khmer script)
- ປ຺ລຸ (Lao script)
- പ്ലു (Malayalam script)
- ᢒᠯᡠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘢𑘿𑘩𑘳 (Modi script)
- ᢒᠯᠤ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧂𑧠𑧉𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐥𑑂𑐮𑐸 (Newa script)
- ପ୍ଲୁ (Odia script)
- ꢦ꣄ꢭꢸ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆥𑇀𑆬𑆶 (Sharada script)
- 𑖢𑖿𑖩𑖲 (Siddham script)
- ප්ලු (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩰 𑪙𑩽𑩒 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚞𑚶𑚥𑚰 (Takri script)
- ப்லு (Tamil script)
- ప్లు (Telugu script)
- ปฺลุ (Thai script)
- པླུ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒣𑓂𑒪𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨞𑩇𑨬𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *plu-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *plu-, from Proto-Indo-European *plew- (“to fly, flow, run”). Cognate with English flow, float, Ancient Greek πλέω (pléō), Old Armenian լուանամ (luanam) and Russian плыть (plytʹ) ("to swim", "to float").
Pronunciation
Root
प्लु • (plu)
- to float
- to sail
Derived terms
- प्रप्लुत (prápluta, “dipped in water”)
- प्लव (plavá, “swimming, floating”)
- प्लवति (plávati, “sail, float”)
- प्लवते (plávate, “sail, float”)
- प्लावयति (plāvayati, “cause to float or sail”)
- प्लुत (pluta, “flood”)
- प्लुत (plutá, “floated, flown, leapt; overlong (of a vowel)”)
- प्लुति (pluti, “flood, overflowing; leap, capering; prolation of a vowel”)
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