पवित्र

Hindi

Etymology

Sanskrit पवित्र (pavitra).

Adjective

पवित्र • (pavitra)

1. holy, sacred
2. untouched, pure

Derived terms

1. पवित्र रोम साम्राज्य (pavitra rom sāmrājya, “Holy Roman Empire”)
2. पवित्र बाइबिल (pavitra bāibil, “Holy Bible”)
3. पवित्र आत्मा (pavitra ātmā, “Holy Spirit”)
4. पवित्र संघ (pavitra saṅgh, “Holy Alliance”)

Synonyms

• (sacred) धार्मिक (dhārmik), पावन (pāvan)
• (pure) शुद्ध (śuddh)

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Sanskrit

Etymology

From पव (pava, “purification”), ultimately from √ पू, related with purification, winnowing and wind.

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• পৱিত্ৰ (Assamese script)
• ᬧᬯᬶᬢ᭄ᬭ (Balinese script)
• পবিত্র (Bengali script)
• 𑰢𑰪𑰰𑰝𑰿𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀧𑀯𑀺𑀢𑁆𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• ပဝိတြ (Burmese script)
• પવિત્ર (Gujarati script)
• ਪਵਿਤ੍ਰ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌪𑌵𑌿𑌤𑍍𑌰 (Grantha script)
• ꦥꦮꦶꦠꦿ (Javanese script)
• 𑂣𑂫𑂱𑂞𑂹𑂩 (Kaithi script)
• ಪವಿತ್ರ (Kannada script)
• បវិត្រ (Khmer script)
• ປວິຕ຺ຣ (Lao script)
• പവിത്ര (Malayalam script)
• ᢒᠠᠸᡳᢠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘢𑘪𑘱𑘝𑘿𑘨 (Modi script)
• ᢒᠠᠸᠢᢐᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧂𑧊𑧒𑦽𑧠𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐥𑐰𑐶𑐟𑑂𑐬 (Newa script)
• ପଵିତ୍ର (Odia script)
• ꢦꢮꢶꢡ꣄ꢬ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆥𑆮𑆴𑆠𑇀𑆫 (Sharada script)
• 𑖢𑖪𑖰𑖝𑖿𑖨 (Siddham script)
• පවිත්‍ර (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩰𑩾𑩑𑩫 𑪙𑩼 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚞𑚦𑚮𑚙𑚶𑚤 (Takri script)
• பவித்ர (Tamil script)
• పవిత్ర (Telugu script)
• ปวิตฺร (Thai script)
• པ་ཝི་ཏྲ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒣𑒫𑒱𑒞𑓂𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨞𑨭𑨁𑨙𑩇𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

Adjective

पवित्र • (pavitra)

1. purifying, averting evil, pure, holy, sacred, sinless, beneficent (Mn., MBh., &c.)

See also

• पावन (pāvana, “holy, purifying”)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “पवित्र”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 611.