पूयति

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *púHyati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *púHyati, from Proto-Indo-European *púH-ye-ti, from *puH- (“to be foul, to stink; rotten”). Cognate with Ancient Greek πῦον (pûon), Latin putridus (“putrid”), Old English fūl (English foul).

Pronunciation

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

Verb

पूयति • (pū́yati) third-singular present indicative (root पूय्)

1. to become foul, to become putrid; to stink

Related terms

• पूय (pū́ya)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “पूयति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 641.