पुनाति

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pu-né-H-ti (“to cleanse, purify”). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *fawjaną.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pu.nɑ́ː.ti/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /puˈn̪ɑː.t̪i/

Verb

पुनाति • (punā́ti) third-singular present indicative (root पू, class 9, type P)

1. to purify, cleanse, purge

Related terms

• पवयति (paváyati)
• पुनीत (punīta)
• पूत (pūtá)

Descendants

• Dardic:
  • Khowar: پھونىک (phunik)
• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀧𑀼𑀡𑀇 (puṇaï)
• Pali: punāti

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “पुनाति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 640/3.