पू

Duruwa

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *pū.

Noun

पू ()

  1. flower

Konkani

Etymology

From Sanskrit पूय (pūya, pus). Cognate with Bengali পূঁয (pũj).

Noun

पू • () (Latin script pu, Kannada script ಪೂ)

  1. discharge from a wound; pus

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

  • पव् (pav)

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pewH-. Cognate with Latin pūrus.

Pronunciation

Root

पू • ()

  1. to purify, cleanse
  2. (middle voice) to purify one's self, be or become clear or bright

Derived terms

Primary verbal forms
  • पु॒नाति॑ (punā́ti, present)
  • पव॑ते (pávate, present)
  • प॒वि॒ष्यति॑ (paviṣyáti, future)
  • प॒वि॒ता (pavitā́, periphrastic future)
  • अपा॑वीत् (ápāvīt, aorist)
  • पु॒पाव॑ (pupā́va, perfect)
Secondary forms
  • पू॒यते॑ (pūyáte, passive)
  • प॒वय॑ति (paváyati, causative)
  • पा॒वय॑ति (pāváyati, causative)
  • अपी॑पवत् (ápīpavat, causative aorist)
  • पा॒व्यते॑ (pāvyáte, passive of causative)
  • पुपूषति (pupūṣati, desiderative)
  • पिपविषति (pipaviṣati, desiderative)
  • पिपावयिषति (pipāvayiṣati, desiderative of causative)
Non-finite forms
  • पू॒त (pūtá, past participle)
  • पवित (pavita, past participle)
  • पवितुम् (pavitum, infinitive)
  • पु॒पू॒तनि॑ (pupūtáni, infinitive)
  • पू॒त्वा (pūtvā́, gerund)
  • पू॒त्वी (pūtvī́, gerund)
  • पवित्वा (pavitvā, gerund)
  • पूय॑ (pū́ya, gerund)
  • पावम् (pāvam, gerund)
Derived nominal forms
Prefixed root forms
  • अतिपू (atipū)
  • अनुपू (anupū)
  • अभिपू (abhipū)
  • आपू (āpū)
  • उत्पू (utpū)
  • निष्पू (niṣpū)
  • परापू (parāpū)
  • परिपू (paripū)
  • विपू (vipū)
  • सम्पू (sampū)
Sanskrit terms belonging to the root पू (0 c, 9 e)
Terms derived from the Sanskrit root पू (2 c, 0 e)

References

  • Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2026), “”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), “PAVI”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 105-7
  • 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