पशु

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See also: पशू, पिश, पेश, पेशा, and पेशी

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Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit पशु (paśu). Doublet of पस (pas).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /pə.ʃuː/,

Noun

पशु • (paśu) m (Urdu spelling پشو)

  1. domesticated animal
  2. (rare, chiefly in compounds) cattle

Declension

Declension of पशु (masc u-stem)
singular plural
direct पशु
paśu 		पशु
paśu
oblique पशु
paśu 		पशुओं
paśuõ
vocative पशु
paśu 		पशुओ
paśuo

Sanskrit

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Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *peḱ-
    Proto-Indo-European *péḱu
    Proto-Indo-Iranian *páću
    Sanskrit पशु (paśu)

    From Proto-Indo-Iranian *páću, from Proto-Indo-European *péḱu (“cattle, livestock”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬯𐬎 (pasu, “livestock”), Latin pecū (“cattle”), Old English feoh (“livestock, cattle”), Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿 (faihu, “cattle”).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    पशु • (paśú or páśu) stem, m or n

    1. cattle, kine
      • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 3.62.14:
        सोमो॑ अ॒स्मभ्यं॑ द्वि॒पदे॒ चतु॑ष्पदे च प॒शवे॑ ।
        अ॒न॒मी॒वा इष॑स्करत् ॥
        sómo asmábhyaṃ dvipáde cátuṣpade ca paśáve.
        anamīvā́ íṣaskarat.
        May Soma grant us and our cattle nutritious food,
        To two-footed (humans) and to quadruped (animals).
    2. any domesticated animal

    Declension

    Masculine u-stem declension of पशु
    singular dual plural
    nominative पशुः (paśúḥ) पशू (paśū́) पशवः (paśávaḥ)
    accusative पशुम् (paśúm) पशू (paśū́) पशून् (paśū́n)
    instrumental पशुना (paśúnā)
    पश्वा¹ (paśvā́¹)     		पशुभ्याम् (paśúbhyām) पशुभिः (paśúbhiḥ)
    dative पशवे (paśáve)
    पश्वे¹ (paśvé¹)     		पशुभ्याम् (paśúbhyām) पशुभ्यः (paśúbhyaḥ)
    ablative पशोः (paśóḥ)
    पश्वः¹ (paśváḥ¹)     		पशुभ्याम् (paśúbhyām) पशुभ्यः (paśúbhyaḥ)
    genitive पशोः (paśóḥ)
    पश्वः¹ (paśváḥ¹)     		पश्वोः (paśvóḥ) पशूनाम् (paśūnā́m)
    locative पशौ (paśaú) पश्वोः (paśvóḥ) पशुषु (paśúṣu)
    vocative पशो (páśo) पशू (páśū) पशवः (páśavaḥ)
    • ¹Vedic
    Neuter u-stem declension of पशु
    singular dual plural
    nominative पशु (páśu) पशुनी (páśunī) पशूनि (páśūni)
    पशु¹ (páśu¹)
    पशू¹ (páśū¹)
    accusative पशु (páśu) पशुनी (páśunī) पशूनि (páśūni)
    पशु¹ (páśu¹)
    पशू¹ (páśū¹)
    instrumental पशुना (páśunā)
    पश्वा¹ (páśvā¹)     		पशुभ्याम् (páśubhyām) पशुभिः (páśubhiḥ)
    dative पशुने (páśune)
    पशवे¹ (páśave¹)
    पश्वे¹ (páśve¹)     		पशुभ्याम् (páśubhyām) पशुभ्यः (páśubhyaḥ)
    ablative पशुनः (páśunaḥ)
    पशोः¹ (páśoḥ¹)
    पश्वः¹ (páśvaḥ¹)     		पशुभ्याम् (páśubhyām) पशुभ्यः (páśubhyaḥ)
    genitive पशुनः (páśunaḥ)
    पशोः¹ (páśoḥ¹)
    पश्वः¹ (páśvaḥ¹)     		पशुनोः (páśunoḥ)
    पश्वोः¹ (páśvoḥ¹)     		पशूनाम् (páśūnām)
    locative पशुनि (páśuni)
    पशौ¹ (páśau¹)     		पशुनोः (páśunoḥ)
    पश्वोः¹ (páśvoḥ¹)     		पशुषु (páśuṣu)
    vocative पशु (páśu)
    पशो (páśo)     		पशुनी (páśunī) पशूनि (páśūni)
    पशु¹ (páśu¹)
    पशू¹ (páśū¹)
    • ¹Vedic

    Descendants

    References

    • Monier Williams (1899) “पशु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 611, column 2.
    • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen ‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 108
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