पृथिवी
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
- पृथ्वी (pṛthvī)
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- পৃথিৱী (Assamese script)
- ᬧᬺᬣᬶᬯᬷ (Balinese script)
- পৃথিবী (Bengali script)
- 𑰢𑰴𑰞𑰰𑰪𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀧𑀾𑀣𑀺𑀯𑀻 (Brahmi script)
- ပၖထိဝီ (Burmese script)
- પૃથિવી (Gujarati script)
- ਪ੍ਰਥਿਵੀ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌪𑍃𑌥𑌿𑌵𑍀 (Grantha script)
- ꦥꦽꦡꦶꦮꦷ (Javanese script)
- 𑂣𑃂𑂟𑂱𑂫𑂲 (Kaithi script)
- ಪೃಥಿವೀ (Kannada script)
- ប្ឫថិវី (Khmer script)
- ປ຺ຣິຖິວີ (Lao script)
- പൃഥിവീ (Malayalam script)
- ᢒᡵᡳᡨᡳᠸᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘢𑘵𑘞𑘱𑘪𑘲 (Modi script)
- ᢒᠷᠢᠲᠢᠸᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧂𑧖𑦾𑧒𑧊𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐥𑐺𑐠𑐶𑐰𑐷 (Newa script)
- ପୃଥିଵୀ (Odia script)
- ꢦꢺꢢꢶꢮꢷ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆥𑆸𑆡𑆴𑆮𑆵 (Sharada script)
- 𑖢𑖴𑖞𑖰𑖪𑖱 (Siddham script)
- පෘථිවී (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩰𑩙𑩬𑩑𑩾𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚞𑚚𑚮𑚦𑚯 (Takri script)
- ப்ரிதி²வீ (Tamil script)
- పృథివీ (Telugu script)
- ปฺฤถิวี (Thai script)
- པྲྀ་ཐི་ཝཱི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒣𑒵𑒟𑒱𑒫𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨞𑨼𑨉𑨚𑨁𑨭𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *pr̥tHwíH, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥th₂-éwih₂ (“broad land, country”), from *pléth₂us (“flat, broad”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬞𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬚𐬡𐬍 (pərəθβī), Proto-Celtic *ɸlitawī. Related to पृथु (pṛthú).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /pr̩.tʰi.ʋíː/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /pr̩.t̪ʰi.ʋiː/
Noun
पृ॒थि॒वी • (pṛthivī́) stem, f
- the earth or the wide world
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 5.83.5:
- यस्य॑ व्र॒ते पृ॑थि॒वी नन्न॑मीति॒ यस्य॑ व्र॒ते श॒फव॒ज्जर्भु॑रीति।
यस्य॑ व्र॒त ओष॑धीर्वि॒श्वरू॑पाः॒ स नः॑ पर्जन्य॒ महि॒ शर्म॑ यच्छ॥- yásya vraté pṛthivī́ nánnamīti yásya vraté śaphávajjárbhurīti.
yásya vratá óṣadhīrviśvárūpāḥ sá naḥ parjanya máhi śárma yaccha. - Do you, Parjanya, through whose function the earth is bowed down; through whose function hoofed cattle thrive; through whose function plants assume all kinds of forms, grant us great felicity.
- yásya vraté pṛthivī́ nánnamīti yásya vraté śaphávajjárbhurīti.
- यस्य॑ व्र॒ते पृ॑थि॒वी नन्न॑मीति॒ यस्य॑ व्र॒ते श॒फव॒ज्जर्भु॑रीति।
- land, ground, soil
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | पृ॒थि॒वी (pṛthivī́) | पृ॒थि॒व्यौ॑ (pṛthivyàu) पृ॒थि॒वी¹ (pṛthivī́¹) |
पृ॒थि॒व्यः॑ (pṛthivyàḥ) पृ॒थि॒वीः¹ (pṛthivī́ḥ¹) |
| accusative | पृ॒थि॒वीम् (pṛthivī́m) | पृ॒थि॒व्यौ॑ (pṛthivyàu) पृ॒थि॒वी¹ (pṛthivī́¹) |
पृ॒थि॒वीः (pṛthivī́ḥ) |
| instrumental | पृ॒थि॒व्या (pṛthivyā́) | पृ॒थि॒वीभ्या॑म् (pṛthivī́bhyām) | पृ॒थि॒वीभिः॑ (pṛthivī́bhiḥ) |
| dative | पृ॒थि॒व्यै (pṛthivyái) | पृ॒थि॒वीभ्या॑म् (pṛthivī́bhyām) | पृ॒थि॒वीभ्यः॑ (pṛthivī́bhyaḥ) |
| ablative | पृ॒थि॒व्याः (pṛthivyā́ḥ) पृ॒थि॒व्यै² (pṛthivyái²) |
पृ॒थि॒वीभ्या॑म् (pṛthivī́bhyām) | पृ॒थि॒वीभ्यः॑ (pṛthivī́bhyaḥ) |
| genitive | पृ॒थि॒व्याः (pṛthivyā́ḥ) पृ॒थि॒व्यै² (pṛthivyái²) |
पृ॒थि॒व्योः (pṛthivyóḥ) | पृ॒थि॒वीना॑म् (pṛthivī́nām) |
| locative | पृ॒थि॒व्याम् (pṛthivyā́m) | पृ॒थि॒व्योः (pṛthivyóḥ) | पृ॒थि॒वीषु॑ (pṛthivī́ṣu) |
| vocative | पृथि॑वि (pṛ́thivi) | पृथि॑व्यौ (pṛ́thivyau) पृथि॑वी¹ (pṛ́thivī¹) |
पृथि॑व्यः (pṛ́thivyaḥ) पृथि॑वीः¹ (pṛ́thivīḥ¹) |
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Derived terms
- पार्थिव (pā́rthiva)