पवित्र

Hindi

Etymology

From Sanskrit पवित्र (pavitra).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /pə.ʋɪt̪.ɾᵊ/, [pɐ.ʋɪt̪.ɾᵊ]

Adjective

पवित्र • (pavitra) (indeclinable)

1. holy, sacred

   Synonyms: धार्मिक (dhārmik), पावन (pāvan)

2. untouched, pure

   Synonym: शुद्ध (śuddh)

Derived terms

• पवित्र रोम साम्राज्य (pavitra rom sāmrājya, “Holy Roman Empire”)
• पवित्र बाइबिल (pavitra bāibil, “Holy Bible”)
• पवित्र आत्मा (pavitra ātmā, “Holy Spirit”)
• पवित्र संघ (pavitra saṅgh, “Holy Alliance”)

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• পৱিত্ৰ (Assamese script)
• ᬧᬯᬶᬢ᭄ᬭ (Balinese script)
• পবিত্র (Bengali script)
• 𑰢𑰪𑰰𑰝𑰿𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀧𑀯𑀺𑀢𑁆𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• ပဝိတြ (Burmese script)
• પવિત્ર (Gujarati script)
• ਪਵਿਤ੍ਰ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌪𑌵𑌿𑌤𑍍𑌰 (Grantha script)
• ꦥꦮꦶꦠꦿ (Javanese script)
• 𑂣𑂫𑂱𑂞𑂹𑂩 (Kaithi script)
• ಪವಿತ್ರ (Kannada script)
• បវិត្រ (Khmer script)
• ປວິຕ຺ຣ (Lao script)
• പവിത്ര (Malayalam script)
• ᢒᠠᠸᡳᢠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘢𑘪𑘱𑘝𑘿𑘨 (Modi script)
• ᢒᠠᠸᠢᢐᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧂𑧊𑧒𑦽𑧠𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐥𑐰𑐶𑐟𑑂𑐬 (Newa script)
• ପଵିତ୍ର (Odia script)
• ꢦꢮꢶꢡ꣄ꢬ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆥𑆮𑆴𑆠𑇀𑆫 (Sharada script)
• 𑖢𑖪𑖰𑖝𑖿𑖨 (Siddham script)
• පවිත්‍ර (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩰𑩾𑩑𑩫 𑪙𑩼 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚞𑚦𑚮𑚙𑚶𑚤 (Takri script)
• பவித்ர (Tamil script)
• పవిత్ర (Telugu script)
• ปวิตฺร (Thai script)
• པ་ཝི་ཏྲ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒣𑒫𑒱𑒞𑓂𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨞𑨭𑨁𑨙𑩇𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From पव (pava, “purification”), from the root पू (pū, “to purify, cleanse”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pewH-.

Adjective

पवित्र • (pavitra)

1. purifying, averting evil, pure, holy, sacred, sinless, beneficent (Mn., MBh., &c.)

Descendants

• Bengali: পবিত্র (pobitro)
• Hindi: पवित्र (pavitra)
• Khmer: បពិត្រ (bɑpɨt)
• Pali: pavitta
• Thai: บพิตร (bɔɔ-pít)

See also

• पावन (pāvana, “holy, purifying”)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “पवित्र”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 611.