پانی

See also: باني, تاني, and ثاني

Central Kurdish

Etymology

From پان (pan) +‎ ـی (î).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paːniː/

Noun

پانی (panî)

1. width, breadth

Deccani

Etymology

Inherited from Old Hindi पांनी (pā̃nī), from Apabhramsa पाणिउ (pāṇiu), from Prakrit 𑀧𑀸𑀡𑀻𑀅 (pāṇīa), from Sanskrit पानीय (pānīya, “water, drink”).

Noun

پانی (pānī) m

1. water

References

• Khateeb S. Mustafa, A Descriptive Grammar Of Dakkhini (2000) (as pani)
• Ruth Laila Schmidt, Dakhini Urdu: History and Structure (1981) (as paanii)

Gojri

Etymology

Inherited from Old Gujarati पाणी (pāṇī), from Prakrit 𑀧𑀸𑀡𑀻𑀅 (pāṇīa), from Sanskrit पानीय (pānīya).

Noun

پاݩِی (pāṇī) m

1. water, juice
2. well, tank, river, water source

Further reading

• Dr Rafique Anjum (2018), Concise Gojri-Kashmiri-English Dictionary, New Delhi: Adam Publishers & Distributors, →ISBN, page 90.
• Javaid Rahi (2015), گوجری ڈکشنری [Gojri Dictionary] (in Gojri), page 228, column 2.

Pahari-Potwari

Etymology

Inherited from Old Punjabi ਪਾਣੀ (pāṇī), from Prakrit 𑀧𑀸𑀡𑀻𑀅 (pāṇīa), from Sanskrit पानीय (pānīya, “water, drink”).

Pronunciation

• (phr) IPA^(key): /päː.ɳiː/

Noun

پانی (pānī)

1. water
2. alternative spelling of پاݨی (pāṇī)

Punjabi

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *peh₃-

Sanskrit पा (pā)

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Sanskrit -अन (-ana)

Proto-Indo-Iranian *-iHyas

Sanskrit -ईय (-īya)

Sanskrit -अनीय (-anīya)

Sanskrit पानीय (pānīya)

Prakrit 𑀧𑀸𑀡𑀻𑀅 (pāṇīa)

Old Punjabi ਪਾਣੀ (pāṇī)

Punjabi پاݨِی (pāṇī)

Inherited from Old Punjabi ਪਾਣੀ (pāṇī), from Prakrit 𑀧𑀸𑀡𑀻𑀅 (pāṇīa), from Sanskrit पानीय (pānīya), from पा (pā) + -अनीय (-anīya).

Cognate with Sindhi پاڻي (pāṇī) and Urdu پانی (pānī). See corresponding Prakrit lemma 𑀧𑀸𑀡𑀻𑀅 (pāṇīa) for more cognates.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /päː.ɳiː/
• Rhymes: -iː
• Hyphenation: پا‧ݨی

Noun

پاݨی • (pāṇī) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਪਾਣੀ)

1. water
2. (by extension) rain, rainwater

Declension

Declension of پانی

	singular	plural
direct	پاݨی (pāṇī)	پاݨی (pāṇī)
oblique	پاݨی (pāṇī)	پاݨِیاں (pāṇīyāṉ)
vocative	پاݨِیا (pāṇīyā)	پاݨِیو (pāṇīv)
ablative	پاݨِیوں (pāṇīvṉ)	—
locative	—	—
instrumental	—	—

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “پانی”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: عزیز پبلشرز [ʻazīz pabliśarz]
• Bashir, Kanwal (2012), “پانی”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
• “ਪਾਣੀ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “pānī́ya”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 456

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Old Hindi پانی (pānī), from Apabhramsa पाणिउ (pāṇiu), from Prakrit पाणीअ (pāṇīa), from Sanskrit पानीय (pānīya, “water, drink”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /pɑː.niː/

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• Rhymes: -iː
• Hyphenation: پَا‧نِی

Noun

پَانِی • (pānī) m (Hindi spelling पानी)

1. water

   Synonyms: آب (āb), جَل (jal), نِیر (nīr)

2. (figuratively) rain, monsoon
3. (figuratively) tear, sweat
4. (figuratively) alcohol
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Declension

Declension of پانی

	singular	plural
direct	پَانی (pānī)	پَانی (pānī)
oblique	پَانی (pānī)	پَانِیوں (pāniyõ)
vocative	پَانی (pānī)	پَانِیو (pāniyo)

Further reading

• “پانی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• Platts, John T. (1884), “پانی”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 222
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “پانی”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 146
• “پانی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.