പശു
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A pair of cows
Malayalam
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit पशु (paśu, “domesticated or sacrificial animal”). Cognate with Assamese পহু (pohu, “herbivorous animal”), Kannada ಹಸು (hasu, “cow”), Tamil பசு (pacu, “cow”), Telugu పశువు (paśuvu, “cattle”) and Punjabi ਪਸੂ (pasū, “animal, beast”).
Pronunciation
Noun
പശു • (paśu)
- cow; An adult female of the species Bos taurus.
Declension
| Declension of പശു | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | പശു (paśu) | പശുക്കൾ (paśukkaḷ) |
| Vocative | പശുവേ (paśuvē) | പശുക്കളേ (paśukkaḷē) |
| Accusative | പശുവിനെ (paśuvine) | പശുക്കളെ (paśukkaḷe) |
| Dative | പശുവിന് (paśuvinŭ) | പശുക്കൾക്ക് (paśukkaḷkkŭ) |
| Genitive | പശുവിന്റെ (paśuvinṟe) | പശുക്കളുടെ (paśukkaḷuṭe) |
| Locative | പശുവിൽ (paśuvil) | പശുക്കളിൽ (paśukkaḷil) |
| Sociative | പശുവിനോട് (paśuvinōṭŭ) | പശുക്കളോട് (paśukkaḷōṭŭ) |
| Instrumental | പശുവിനാൽ (paśuvināl) | പശുക്കളാൽ (paśukkaḷāl) |
Derived terms
- കറവപ്പശു (kaṟavappaśu)
- പശുക്കിടാവ് (paśukkiṭāvŭ)
- പശുത്തൊഴുത്ത് (paśuttoḻuttŭ)
- പശുവിൻ പാൽ (paśuviṉ pāl)
References
- Gundert, Hermann (1872) “പശു”, in A Malayalam and English dictionary, Mangalore, London: C. Stolz; Trübner & Co.
- Warrier, M. I. (2008) “പശു”, in Malayalam-English Dictionary (in Malayalam), 22nd edition, Kottayam: DC Books
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “paśú”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
- https://dict.sayahna.org/stv/84314/
- https://olam.in/DictionaryML/ml/%E0%B4%AA%E0%B4%B6%E0%B5%81