पृथा

Sanskrit

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Etymology

From root पृथ् (pṛth, flat; broad), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *pr̥tʰ (flat), from Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂- (flat). Related to पृथु (pṛthu, broad) and पृथिवी (pṛthivī, earth).

Pronunciation

Noun

पृ॒था • (pṛthā́) stemf

  1. a Kuru queen; member of the Pañcakanyā; wife of Pāṇḍu; mother of the Pāṇḍavas
    Synonym: कुन्ती (kuntī)
  2. (Vedic) the Earth
    Synonyms: पृथिवी (pṛthivī), भूमि (bhūmi), धरित्री (dharitrī)
Feminine ā-stem declension of पृ॒था
singular dual plural
nominative पृ॒था (pṛthā́) पृ॒थे (pṛthé) पृ॒थाः (pṛthā́ḥ)
accusative पृ॒थाम् (pṛthā́m) पृ॒थे (pṛthé) पृ॒थाः (pṛthā́ḥ)
instrumental पृ॒थया॑ (pṛtháyā)
पृ॒था¹ (pṛthā́¹)
पृ॒थाभ्या॑म् (pṛthā́bhyām) पृ॒थाभिः॑ (pṛthā́bhiḥ)
dative पृ॒थायै॑ (pṛthā́yai) पृ॒थाभ्या॑म् (pṛthā́bhyām) पृ॒थाभ्यः॑ (pṛthā́bhyaḥ)
ablative पृ॒थायाः॑ (pṛthā́yāḥ)
पृ॒थायै॑² (pṛthā́yai²)
पृ॒थाभ्या॑म् (pṛthā́bhyām) पृ॒थाभ्यः॑ (pṛthā́bhyaḥ)
genitive पृ॒थायाः॑ (pṛthā́yāḥ)
पृ॒थायै॑² (pṛthā́yai²)
पृ॒थयोः॑ (pṛtháyoḥ) पृ॒थाना॑म् (pṛthā́nām)
locative पृ॒थाया॑म् (pṛthā́yām) पृ॒थयोः॑ (pṛtháyoḥ) पृ॒थासु॑ (pṛthā́su)
vocative पृथे॑ (pṛ́the) पृथे॑ (pṛ́the) पृथाः॑ (pṛ́thāḥ)
  • ¹Vedic
  • ²Brāhmaṇas

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Hindi: पृथा (pŕthā)
  • Prakrit: 𑀧𑀼𑀣𑀸 (puthā)