प्यास

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See also: पयस्

Bhojpuri

Alternative forms

पियास (piyās)
पिआस (piās)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit पिपासा (pipāsā).

Noun

प्यास (pyās)

thirst

Hindi

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *peh₃-

Sanskrit पा (pā)

Sanskrit पिपासा (pipāsā)

Prakrit 𑀧𑀺𑀯𑀸𑀲𑀸 (pivāsā)

Hindi प्यास (pyās)

Inherited from Sauraseni Apabhramsa पिआस (piāsa), from Prakrit 𑀧𑀺𑀯𑀸𑀲𑀸 (pivāsā), from Sanskrit पिपासा (pipāsā).

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /pjɑːs/,

Noun

प्यास • (pyās) f (Urdu spelling پیاس)

thirst
क्या तुम्हें प्यास लगी है? ― kyā tumhẽ pyās lagī hai? ― Are you thirsty?
(figurative) desire, longing

Declension

Declension of *प्यास* (fem cons-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	प्यास pyās	प्यासें pyāsẽ
oblique	प्यास pyās	प्यासों pyāsõ
vocative	प्यास pyās	प्यासो pyāso

Descendants

→ Kashmiri:
Devanagari script: प्यास (pyās)

Arabic script: پیاس (pyās)
→ Punjabi:
Gurmukhi script: ਪਿਆਸ (piāsa)

Shahmukhi script: پِیَاس (piyās)
→ Sindhi:
Devanagari script: पिआस (piāsa)

Arabic script: پِئاسَ (piāsa)

See also

भूख (bhūkh, “hunger”)

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “प्यास”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

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