पूरुष

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• পূৰুষ (Assamese script)
• ᬧᬹᬭᬸᬱ (Balinese script)
• পূরুষ (Bengali script)
• 𑰢𑰳𑰨𑰲𑰬 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀧𑀽𑀭𑀼𑀱 (Brahmi script)
• ပူရုၑ (Burmese script)
• પૂરુષ (Gujarati script)
• ਪੂਰੁਸ਼ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌪𑍂𑌰𑍁𑌷 (Grantha script)
• ꦥꦹꦫꦸꦰ (Javanese script)
• 𑂣𑂴𑂩𑂳𑂭 (Kaithi script)
• ಪೂರುಷ (Kannada script)
• បូរុឞ (Khmer script)
• ປູຣຸຩ (Lao script)
• പൂരുഷ (Malayalam script)
• ᢒᡠᡠᡵᡠᢢᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘢𑘴𑘨𑘳𑘬 (Modi script)
• ᢒᠤᠤᠷᠤᢔᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧂𑧕𑧈𑧔𑧌 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐥𑐹𑐬𑐸𑐲 (Newa script)
• ପୂରୁଷ (Odia script)
• ꢦꢹꢬꢸꢰ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆥𑆷𑆫𑆶𑆰 (Sharada script)
• 𑖢𑖳𑖨𑗜𑖬 (Siddham script)
• පූරුෂ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩰𑩒𑩛𑩼𑩒𑪀 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚞𑚱𑚤𑚰 (Takri script)
• பூருஷ (Tamil script)
• పూరుష (Telugu script)
• ปูรุษ (Thai script)
• པཱུ་རུ་ཥ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒣𑒴𑒩𑒳𑒭 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨞𑨃𑨊𑨫𑨃𑨯 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From an earlier *pū́rṣa (altered by analogy with mánuṣa), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *pŕ̥Hṣas (“man”); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *perh₃- (“to produce, beget”). See पुरुष (púruṣa) for more.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /púː.ɾu.ʂɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpuː.ɾu.ʂɐ/

Noun

पूरुष • (pū́ruṣa) stem, m

1. alternative form of पुरुष (puruṣa, “man”)
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.114.10:

     आ॒रे ते॑ गो॒घ्नमु॒त पू॑रुष॒घ्नं क्षय॑द्वीर सु॒म्नम॒स्मे ते॑ अस्तु ।
     मृ॒ळा च॑ नो॒ अधि॑ च ब्रूहि दे॒वाधा॑ च नः॒ शर्म॑ यच्छ द्वि॒बर्हाः॑ ॥

     āré te goghnámutá pūruṣaghnáṃ kṣáyadvīra sumnámasmé te astu.
     mṛḷā́ ca no ádhi ca brūhi devā́dhā ca naḥ śárma yaccha dvibárhāḥ.

     Far be thy cow-killing arrow and thy man-killing arrow: thy bliss be with us, O thou Lord of Heroes.
     Be gracious unto us, O God, and bless us, and then grant us doubly.

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of पूरुष (pū́ruṣa)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	पूरुषः pū́ruṣaḥ	पूरुषौ / पूरुषा¹ pū́ruṣau / pū́ruṣā¹	पूरुषाः / पूरुषासः¹ pū́ruṣāḥ / pū́ruṣāsaḥ¹
Vocative	पूरुष pū́ruṣa	पूरुषौ / पूरुषा¹ pū́ruṣau / pū́ruṣā¹	पूरुषाः / पूरुषासः¹ pū́ruṣāḥ / pū́ruṣāsaḥ¹
Accusative	पूरुषम् pū́ruṣam	पूरुषौ / पूरुषा¹ pū́ruṣau / pū́ruṣā¹	पूरुषान् pū́ruṣān
Instrumental	पूरुषेण pū́ruṣeṇa	पूरुषाभ्याम् pū́ruṣābhyām	पूरुषैः / पूरुषेभिः¹ pū́ruṣaiḥ / pū́ruṣebhiḥ¹
Dative	पूरुषाय pū́ruṣāya	पूरुषाभ्याम् pū́ruṣābhyām	पूरुषेभ्यः pū́ruṣebhyaḥ
Ablative	पूरुषात् pū́ruṣāt	पूरुषाभ्याम् pū́ruṣābhyām	पूरुषेभ्यः pū́ruṣebhyaḥ
Genitive	पूरुषस्य pū́ruṣasya	पूरुषयोः pū́ruṣayoḥ	पूरुषाणाम् pū́ruṣāṇām
Locative	पूरुषे pū́ruṣe	पूरुषयोः pū́ruṣayoḥ	पूरुषेषु pū́ruṣeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic