आपीन

Sanskrit

Etymology

आ- (ā-) +‎ पीन (pīna), ultimately from the root पी (pī, “swelling, swollen, full, round, thick”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɑː.piː.nɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ɑːˈpiː.n̪ɐ/

Noun

आपीन • (āpīna) stem, n

1. an udder
   • c. 400 CE, Kālidāsa, Raghuvaṃśa 2.18:

     आपीनभारोद्वहनप्रयत्नाद्गृष्टिर्गुरुत्वाद्वपुषो नरेन्द्रः।
     उभावलंचक्रतुरञ्चिताभ्यां तपोवनावृत्तिपथं गताभ्याम्

     āpīnabhārodvahanaprayatnādgṛṣṭirgurutvādvapuṣo narendraḥ.
     ubhāvalaṃcakraturañcitābhyāṃ tapovanāvṛttipathaṃ gatābhyām

     despite being young, the cow strives carrying (already) weighty udders and (likewise does) the king (ie, Dilipa),
     agait with his ponderous physique, both in fain tableau gracefully returning from the woods to the hermitage

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of आपीन (āpīna)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	आपीनम् āpīnam	आपीने āpīne	आपीनानि / आपीना¹ āpīnāni / āpīnā¹
Vocative	आपीन āpīna	आपीने āpīne	आपीनानि / आपीना¹ āpīnāni / āpīnā¹
Accusative	आपीनम् āpīnam	आपीने āpīne	आपीनानि / आपीना¹ āpīnāni / āpīnā¹
Instrumental	आपीनेन āpīnena	आपीनाभ्याम् āpīnābhyām	आपीनैः / आपीनेभिः¹ āpīnaiḥ / āpīnebhiḥ¹
Dative	आपीनाय āpīnāya	आपीनाभ्याम् āpīnābhyām	आपीनेभ्यः āpīnebhyaḥ
Ablative	आपीनात् āpīnāt	आपीनाभ्याम् āpīnābhyām	आपीनेभ्यः āpīnebhyaḥ
Genitive	आपीनस्य āpīnasya	आपीनयोः āpīnayoḥ	आपीनानाम् āpīnānām
Locative	आपीने āpīne	आपीनयोः āpīnayoḥ	आपीनेषु āpīneṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

See also

• पीनककुद्मत् (pīnakakudmat, “whoever/whatever has a fat hump”)
• पीनत्व (pīnatva, “fatness, corpulency, compactness, denseness”)
• पीनवक्षस् (pīnavakṣas, “full-breasted, large-chested”)
• पीनस्तन (pīnastana, “the full breast (of a woman)”)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “आपीन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 144.