पूय

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit पूय (pū́ya).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /puːj/

Noun

पूय • (pūy) m

1. (rare, formal) purulent matter, pus

   Synonyms: पीप (pīp), मवाद (mavād), पस (pas)

Declension

Declension of पूय (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	पूय pūy	पूय pūy
oblique	पूय pūy	पूयों pūyõ
vocative	पूय pūy	पूयो pūyo

Further reading

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “पूय”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 3077
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “पूय”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 641
• Platts, John T. (1884) “पूय”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 282

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• পূয় (Assamese script)
• ᬧᬹᬬ (Balinese script)
• পূয় (Bengali script)
• 𑰢𑰳𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀧𑀽𑀬 (Brahmi script)
• ပူယ (Burmese script)
• પૂય (Gujarati script)
• ਪੂਯ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌪𑍂𑌯 (Grantha script)
• ꦥꦹꦪ (Javanese script)
• 𑂣𑂴𑂨 (Kaithi script)
• ಪೂಯ (Kannada script)
• បូយ (Khmer script)
• ປູຍ (Lao script)
• പൂയ (Malayalam script)
• ᢒᡠᡠᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘢𑘴𑘧 (Modi script)
• ᢒᠤᠤᠶ᠋ᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧂𑧕𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐥𑐹𑐫 (Newa script)
• ପୂଯ (Odia script)
• ꢦꢹꢫ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆥𑆷𑆪 (Sharada script)
• 𑖢𑖳𑖧 (Siddham script)
• පූය (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩰𑩒𑩛𑩻 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚞𑚱𑚣 (Takri script)
• பூய (Tamil script)
• పూయ (Telugu script)
• ปูย (Thai script)
• པཱུ་ཡ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒣𑒴𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨞𑨃𑨊𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *púHyas, ultimately from *puH- (“putrid, foul; pus”). Cognate with Ancient Greek πῦον (pûon, “discharge from a sore”), Latin pūs (“pus”), Old English fūl (whence English foul). The Sanskrit root is पूय् (pūy), reflecting the interpretation of the semivowel in पूयति (pūyati) as part of the root and not the conjugation.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

पूय • (pū́ya) stem, m or n

1. purulent matter, pus

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:पूय

   • c. 700 CE – 900 CE, Bhāgavata Purāṇa 4.10.24:

     ववृषू रुधिरौघासृक्पूयविण्मूत्रमेदसः। निपेतुर्गगनादस्य कबन्धान्यग्रतोऽनघ॥

     vavṛṣū rudhiraughāsṛkpūyaviṇmūtramedasaḥ. nipeturgaganādasya kabandhānyagratoʼnagha.

     My dear faultless Vidura, in that rainfall there was blood, mucus, pus, stool, urine and marrow falling heavily before Dhruva Mahārāja, and there were trunks of bodies falling from the sky.

2. suppuration, discharge from a sore or wound

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of पूय (pū́ya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	पूयः pū́yaḥ	पूयौ / पूया¹ pū́yau / pū́yā¹	पूयाः / पूयासः¹ pū́yāḥ / pū́yāsaḥ¹
Vocative	पूय pū́ya	पूयौ / पूया¹ pū́yau / pū́yā¹	पूयाः / पूयासः¹ pū́yāḥ / pū́yāsaḥ¹
Accusative	पूयम् pū́yam	पूयौ / पूया¹ pū́yau / pū́yā¹	पूयान् pū́yān
Instrumental	पूयेन pū́yena	पूयाभ्याम् pū́yābhyām	पूयैः / पूयेभिः¹ pū́yaiḥ / pū́yebhiḥ¹
Dative	पूयाय pū́yāya	पूयाभ्याम् pū́yābhyām	पूयेभ्यः pū́yebhyaḥ
Ablative	पूयात् pū́yāt	पूयाभ्याम् pū́yābhyām	पूयेभ्यः pū́yebhyaḥ
Genitive	पूयस्य pū́yasya	पूययोः pū́yayoḥ	पूयानाम् pū́yānām
Locative	पूये pū́ye	पूययोः pū́yayoḥ	पूयेषु pū́yeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Neuter a-stem declension of पूय (pū́ya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	पूयम् pū́yam	पूये pū́ye	पूयानि / पूया¹ pū́yāni / pū́yā¹
Vocative	पूय pū́ya	पूये pū́ye	पूयानि / पूया¹ pū́yāni / pū́yā¹
Accusative	पूयम् pū́yam	पूये pū́ye	पूयानि / पूया¹ pū́yāni / pū́yā¹
Instrumental	पूयेन pū́yena	पूयाभ्याम् pū́yābhyām	पूयैः / पूयेभिः¹ pū́yaiḥ / pū́yebhiḥ¹
Dative	पूयाय pū́yāya	पूयाभ्याम् pū́yābhyām	पूयेभ्यः pū́yebhyaḥ
Ablative	पूयात् pū́yāt	पूयाभ्याम् pū́yābhyām	पूयेभ्यः pū́yebhyaḥ
Genitive	पूयस्य pū́yasya	पूययोः pū́yayoḥ	पूयानाम् pū́yānām
Locative	पूये pū́ye	पूययोः pū́yayoḥ	पूयेषु pū́yeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Magadhi Prakrit:
  • Assamese: পূঁজ (pũz)
  • Bengali: পূঁজ (pũj)
  • Odia: ପୂଯ (pujô)
• Pali: pubba
• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀧𑀽𑀅 (pūa)
  • Konkani: पू (pū)
• → Telugu: పూయము (pūyamu)
• → Hindi: पूय (pūy)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “पूय”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 641.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “पूय”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 1039
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “pūya”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “पूय”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 167