Prakrit
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit पिपासा (pipāsā, “thirst”).[1]
Noun
𑀧𑀺𑀯𑀸𑀲𑀸 (pivāsā) f (Devanagari पिवासा) [2]
- thirst
Derived terms
- 𑀧𑀺𑀯𑀸𑀲𑀬 (pivāsaya, “someone who is thirsty”)
Descendants
- Central Indo-Aryan:
- Hindustani:
- Hindi: प्यास (pyās)
- → 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)
- Urdu: پْیَاس (pyās)
- Eastern Indo-Aryan:
- Bengali: পিয়াস (piẏaś)
- Bihari:
- Bhojpuri: पियास (piyās), पिआस (piās), प्यास (pyās)
- Early Assamese: পিয়াস (piyaso)
- Odia: ପିଆସ (piāsa)
- Northern Indo-Aryan:
- Southern Indo-Aryan:
- Western Indo-Aryan:
- Gujarati: પ્યાસ (pyās)
- Mewati: पिस (pis)
References
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “pipāsā́”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 463
- ^ Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923–1928), “पिवासा”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [pāia-sadda-mahaṇṇavo, Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author].