पुण्य
Hindi
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
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- holy, sacred
- (deprecated template usage) पुण्य स्थल ― puṇya sthal ― shrine
- laudable, meritorious
- auspicious, fortunate
Noun
पुण्य • (puṇya) m
References
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “puṇya”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
Sanskrit
Etymology
Suspected, given the unconditioned retroflex, to belong to a substratum language (eg, Dravidian)
Noun
पुण्य • (puṇya) stem, n
See also
- पुण्यकुट (puṇyakuṭa, “a great multitude of meritorious acts”)
- पुणति (puṇati, “to act piously or virtuosly”)
- पुण्यकर्मन् (puṇyakarman), पुण्यकर्तृ (puṇyakartṛ, “someone who acts right, a virtuous person”)
- पुण्यकीर्ति (puṇyakīrti, “bearing a good name, famous, celebrated”)
Descendants
- → Indonesian: punia
- → Hindi: पुण्य (puṇya)
- → Khmer: បុណ្យ (bon)
- → Lao: ບຸນ (bun)
- → Mongolian: буян (bujan)
- → Pali: puñña
- → Telugu: పుణ్యము (puṇyamu)
- → Thai: บุญ (bun)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “पुण्य”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0632.
- Substrate Languages in Old Indo-Aryan (Ṛgvedic, Middle and Late Vedic), M. WITZEL, 1999