पुण्य

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit पुण्य (puṇya).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /pʊɳ.jᵊ/, [pʊ̃ɳ.jᵊ]

Adjective

पुण्य • (puṇya) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling پُنْیَہ)

1. holy, sacred

   पुण्य स्थल ― puṇya sthal ― shrine

2. laudable, meritorious
3. auspicious, fortunate

Noun

पुण्य • (puṇya) m

1. virtue; an act of virtue
2. boon, godsend, as a result of virtue

Declension

Declension of पुण्य (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	पुण्य puṇya	पुण्य puṇya
oblique	पुण्य puṇya	पुण्यों puṇyõ
vocative	पुण्य puṇya	पुण्यो puṇyo

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “puṇya”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• পুণ্য (Assamese script)
• ᬧᬸᬡ᭄ᬬ (Balinese script)
• পুণ্য (Bengali script)
• 𑰢𑰲𑰜𑰿𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀧𑀼𑀡𑁆𑀬 (Brahmi script)
• ပုဏျ (Burmese script)
• પુણ્ય (Gujarati script)
• ਪੁਣ੍ਯ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌪𑍁𑌣𑍍𑌯 (Grantha script)
• ꦥꦸꦟꦾ (Javanese script)
• 𑂣𑂳𑂝𑂹𑂨 (Kaithi script)
• ಪುಣ್ಯ (Kannada script)
• បុណ្យ (Khmer script)
• ປຸຓ຺ຍ (Lao script)
• പുണ്യ (Malayalam script)
• ᢒᡠᢏᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘢𑘳𑘜𑘿𑘧 (Modi script)
• ᢒᠤᢏᠶ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧂𑧔𑦼𑧠𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐥𑐸𑐞𑑂𑐫 (Newa script)
• ପୁଣ୍ଯ (Odia script)
• ꢦꢸꢠ꣄ꢫ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆥𑆶𑆟𑇀𑆪 (Sharada script)
• 𑖢𑖲𑖜𑖿𑖧 (Siddham script)
• පුණ්‍ය (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩰𑩒𑩪 𑪙𑩻 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚞𑚰𑚘𑚶𑚣 (Takri script)
• புண்ய (Tamil script)
• పుణ్య (Telugu script)
• ปุณฺย (Thai script)
• པུ་ཎྱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒣𑒳𑒝𑓂𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨞𑨃𑨘𑩇𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Suspected, given the unconditioned retroflex, to be a substrate borrowing.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /puɳ.jɐ/, [puj̃.jɐ]
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpuɳ.jɐ/

Noun

पुण्य • (puṇya) stem, n

1. the good or right, virtue, purity, good work, meritorious act, moral or religious merit

Descendants

• → Indonesian: punia
• → Hindi: पुण्य (puṇya)
• → Khmer: បុណ្យ (bon)
• → Lao: ບຸນ (bun)
• → Malayalam: പുണ്യം (puṇyaṁ)
• → Mongolian: буян (bujan)
• → Pali: puñña
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਪੁੰਨ (punn)

  Shahmukhi script: پنّ (punn)

• → Telugu: పుణ్యము (puṇyamu)
• → Thai: บุญ (bun)
• → Burmese: ပုည (pu.nya.)

See also

• पुण्यकुट (puṇyakuṭa, “a great multitude of meritorious acts”)
• पुणति (puṇati, “to act piously or virtuosly”)
• पुण्यकर्मन् (puṇyakarman), पुण्यकर्तृ (puṇyakartṛ, “someone who acts right, a virtuous person”)
• पुण्यकीर्ति (puṇyakīrti, “bearing a good name, famous, celebrated”)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “पुण्य”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0632.
• Substrate Languages in Old Indo-Aryan (Ṛgvedic, Middle and Late Vedic), M. WITZEL, 1999