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Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- পূয়্ (Assamese script)
- ᬧᬹᬬ᭄ (Balinese script)
- পূয়্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰢𑰳𑰧𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀧𑀽𑀬𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- ပူယ် (Burmese script)
- પૂય્ (Gujarati script)
- ਪੂਯ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌪𑍂𑌯𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦥꦹꦪ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂣𑂴𑂨𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಪೂಯ್ (Kannada script)
- បូយ៑ (Khmer script)
- ປູຍ຺ (Lao script)
- പൂയ് (Malayalam script)
- ᢒᡠᡠᠶ (Manchu script)
- 𑘢𑘴𑘧𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᢒᠤᠤᠶ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧂𑧕𑧇𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐥𑐹𑐫𑑂 (Newa script)
- ପୂଯ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢦꢹꢫ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆥𑆷𑆪𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖢𑖳𑖧𑖿 (Siddham script)
- පූය් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩰𑩒𑩛𑩻 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚞𑚱𑚣𑚶 (Takri script)
- பூய் (Tamil script)
- పూయ్ (Telugu script)
- ปูยฺ (Thai script)
- པཱུ་ཡ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒣𑒴𑒨𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨞𑨃𑨊𑨪𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *puH- (“to be foul, rotten; stink”). Cognate with Ancient Greek πῦον (pûon), Latin pūs (“pus”), Latin putridus (“putrid”), Lithuanian pū́ti (“to rot”), Old English fūl whence English foul.
Pronunciation
Root
पूय् • (pūy)
- to become foul or putrid
- to stink
Derived terms
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “पूय्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0641.
- William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 099
- Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “पूय्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
- Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 335
- Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 480
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) “0848”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 0848