पृथिवी

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• পৃথিৱী (Assamese script)
• ᬧᬺᬣᬶᬯᬷ (Balinese script)
• পৃথিবী (Bengali script)
• 𑰢𑰴𑰞𑰰𑰪𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀧𑀾𑀣𑀺𑀯𑀻 (Brahmi script)
• ပၖထိဝီ (Burmese script)
• પૃથિવી (Gujarati script)
• ਪ੍ਰਥਿਵੀ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌪𑍃𑌥𑌿𑌵𑍀 (Grantha script)
• ꦥꦽꦡꦶꦮꦷ (Javanese script)
• 𑂣𑃂𑂟𑂱𑂫𑂲 (Kaithi script)
• ಪೃಥಿವೀ (Kannada script)
• ប្ឫថិវី (Khmer script)
• ປ຺ຣິຖິວີ (Lao script)
• പൃഥിവീ (Malayalam script)
• ᢒᡵᡳᡨᡳᠸᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘢𑘵𑘞𑘱𑘪𑘲 (Modi script)
• ᢒᠷᠢᠲᠢᠸᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧂𑧖𑦾𑧒𑧊𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐥𑐺𑐠𑐶𑐰𑐷 (Newa script)
• ପୃଥିଵୀ (Odia script)
• ꢦꢺꢢꢶꢮꢷ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆥𑆸𑆡𑆴𑆮𑆵 (Sharada script)
• 𑖢𑖴𑖞𑖰𑖪𑖱 (Siddham script)
• පෘථිවී (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩰𑩙𑩬𑩑𑩾𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚞𑚚𑚮𑚦𑚯 (Takri script)
• ப்ரிதி²வீ (Tamil script)
• పృథివీ (Telugu script)
• ปฺฤถิวี (Thai script)
• པྲྀ་ཐི་ཝཱི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒣𑒵𑒟𑒱𑒫𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨞𑨼𑨉𑨚𑨁𑨭𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Alternative forms

• पृथ्वी (pṛthvī)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *pr̥tHwíH, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥th₂-éwih₂ (“broad land, country”), from *pléth₂us (“flat, broad”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬞𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬚𐬡𐬍 (pər^əθβī), Proto-Celtic *ɸlitawī. Related to पृथु (pṛthú).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pr̩.tʰi.ʋíː/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpr̩.t̪ʰi.ʋiː/

Noun

पृथिवी • (pṛthivī́) stem, f

1. the earth or the wide world
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 5.83.5:

     यस्य व्रते पृथिवी नन्नमीति यस्य व्रते शफवज्जर्भुरीति।
     यस्य व्रत ओषधीर्विश्वरूपाः स नः पर्जन्य महि शर्म यच्छ॥

     yasya vrate pṛthivī nannamīti yasya vrate śaphavajjarbhurīti.
     yasya vrata oṣadhīrviśvarūpāḥ sa naḥ parjanya mahi śarma yaccha.

     Thou at whose bidding earth bows low before thee, at whose command hoofed cattle quiver in terror
     At whose behest the plants assume all colours, even thou Parjanya, yield us great protection.

2. land, ground, soil
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda

Declension

Feminine ī-stem declension of पृथिवी (pṛthivī́)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	पृथिवी pṛthivī́	पृथिव्यौ / पृथिवी¹ pṛthivyaù / pṛthivī́¹	पृथिव्यः / पृथिवीः¹ pṛthivyàḥ / pṛthivī́ḥ¹
Vocative	पृथिवि pṛ́thivi	पृथिव्यौ / पृथिवी¹ pṛ́thivyau / pṛ́thivī¹	पृथिव्यः / पृथिवीः¹ pṛ́thivyaḥ / pṛ́thivīḥ¹
Accusative	पृथिवीम् pṛthivī́m	पृथिव्यौ / पृथिवी¹ pṛthivyaù / pṛthivī́¹	पृथिवीः pṛthivī́ḥ
Instrumental	पृथिव्या pṛthivyā́	पृथिवीभ्याम् pṛthivī́bhyām	पृथिवीभिः pṛthivī́bhiḥ
Dative	पृथिव्यै pṛthivyaí	पृथिवीभ्याम् pṛthivī́bhyām	पृथिवीभ्यः pṛthivī́bhyaḥ
Ablative	पृथिव्याः / पृथिव्यै² pṛthivyā́ḥ / pṛthivyaí²	पृथिवीभ्याम् pṛthivī́bhyām	पृथिवीभ्यः pṛthivī́bhyaḥ
Genitive	पृथिव्याः / पृथिव्यै² pṛthivyā́ḥ / pṛthivyaí²	पृथिव्योः pṛthivyóḥ	पृथिवीनाम् pṛthivī́nām
Locative	पृथिव्याम् pṛthivyā́m	पृथिव्योः pṛthivyóḥ	पृथिवीषु pṛthivī́ṣu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

Derived terms

• पार्थिव (pā́rthiva)

Descendants

• Pali: paṭhavī, pathavī, puthavī, puthuvī, puṭhuvī
• • Old Awadhi: पुहुमि (puhumi)
  • Old Gujarati: पुहवी (puhavī)
• Tamil: பிருதிவி (pirutivi)