पुष्प

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit पुष्प (púṣpa).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /pʊʂp/, [pʊʃp]

Noun

पुष्प • (puṣp) m (Urdu spelling پشپ)

1. a flower

   Synonym: फूल (phūl)

2. menses

Declension

Declension of पुष्प (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	पुष्प puṣp	पुष्प puṣp
oblique	पुष्प puṣp	पुष्पों puṣpõ
vocative	पुष्प puṣp	पुष्पो puṣpo

Proper noun

पुष्प • (puṣp) m or f by sense

1. a female or male given name, Pushpa, from Sanskrit

Declension

NOTE: This term is declined feminine or masculine according to the gender of the referent.

Declension of पुष्प (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	पुष्प puṣp	पुष्पें puṣpẽ
oblique	पुष्प puṣp	पुष्पों puṣpõ
vocative	पुष्प puṣp	पुष्पो puṣpo

Declension of पुष्प (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	पुष्प puṣp	पुष्प puṣp
oblique	पुष्प puṣp	पुष्पों puṣpõ
vocative	पुष्प puṣp	पुष्पो puṣpo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “पुष्प”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• পুষ্প (Assamese script)
• ᬧᬸᬱ᭄ᬧ (Balinese script)
• পুষ্প (Bengali script)
• 𑰢𑰲𑰬𑰿𑰢 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀧𑀼𑀱𑁆𑀧 (Brahmi script)
• ပုၑ္ပ (Burmese script)
• પુષ્પ (Gujarati script)
• ਪੁਸ਼੍ਪ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌪𑍁𑌷𑍍𑌪 (Grantha script)
• ꦥꦸꦰ꧀ꦥ (Javanese script)
• 𑂣𑂳𑂭𑂹𑂣 (Kaithi script)
• ಪುಷ್ಪ (Kannada script)
• បុឞ្ប (Khmer script)
• ປຸຩ຺ປ (Lao script)
• പുഷ്പ (Malayalam script)
• ᢒᡠᢢᢒᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘢𑘳𑘬𑘿𑘢 (Modi script)
• ᢒᠤᢔᢒᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧂𑧔𑧌𑧠𑧂 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐥𑐸𑐲𑑂𑐥 (Newa script)
• ପୁଷ୍ପ (Odia script)
• ꢦꢸꢰ꣄ꢦ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆥𑆶𑆰𑇀𑆥 (Sharada script)
• 𑖢𑖲𑖬𑖿𑖢 (Siddham script)
• පුෂ‍්ප (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩰𑩒𑪀 𑪙𑩰 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚞𑚰𑚶𑚞 (Takri script)
• புஷ்ப (Tamil script)
• పుష్ప (Telugu script)
• ปุษฺป (Thai script)
• པུ་ཥྤ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒣𑒳𑒭𑓂𑒣 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨞𑨃𑨯𑩇𑨞 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From the root पुष् (puṣ).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /púʂ.pɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /puʂ.pɐ/

Noun

पुष्प • (púṣpa) stem, n

1. flower, blossom
2. the menstrual flow
3. a particular disease of the eye, albugo
4. a spot on the nails and teeth
5. (drama) gallantry, politeness, declaration of love
6. a kind of perfume
7. blooming, expanding

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of पुष्प

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	पुष्पम् (púṣpam)	पुष्पे (púṣpe)	पुष्पाणि (púṣpāṇi) पुष्पा¹ (púṣpā¹)
accusative	पुष्पम् (púṣpam)	पुष्पे (púṣpe)	पुष्पाणि (púṣpāṇi) पुष्पा¹ (púṣpā¹)
instrumental	पुष्पेण (púṣpeṇa)	पुष्पाभ्याम् (púṣpābhyām)	पुष्पैः (púṣpaiḥ) पुष्पेभिः¹ (púṣpebhiḥ¹)
dative	पुष्पाय (púṣpāya)	पुष्पाभ्याम् (púṣpābhyām)	पुष्पेभ्यः (púṣpebhyaḥ)
ablative	पुष्पात् (púṣpāt)	पुष्पाभ्याम् (púṣpābhyām)	पुष्पेभ्यः (púṣpebhyaḥ)
genitive	पुष्पस्य (púṣpasya)	पुष्पयोः (púṣpayoḥ)	पुष्पाणाम् (púṣpāṇām)
locative	पुष्पे (púṣpe)	पुष्पयोः (púṣpayoḥ)	पुष्पेषु (púṣpeṣu)
vocative	पुष्प (púṣpa)	पुष्पे (púṣpe)	पुष्पाणि (púṣpāṇi) पुष्पा¹ (púṣpā¹)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

• Pali: puppha
• Prakrit: 𑀧𑀼𑀧𑁆𑀨 (puppha) (see there for further descendants)
• → Bengali: পুষ্প (puśpo)
• → Gujarati: પુષ્પ (puṣp)
• → Hindi: पुष्प (puṣp)
• → Indonesian: puspa
• → Malayalam: പുഷ്പം (puṣpaṁ)
• → Marathi: पुष्प (puṣpa)
• → Sundanese: puspa
• → Tamil: புட்பம் (puṭpam), புஷ்பம் (puṣpam)
• ⇒ Telugu: పుష్పము (puṣpamu)
• → Thai: บุษบา (bùt-sà-baa)

References

• “पु॑ष्प” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 322, column 2.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “पुष्प”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 166
• Monier Williams (1899) “Púshpa”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0639, column 2.
• Horace Hayman Wilson, A dictionary in Sanscrit and English, 2nd ed., Calcutta: Education Press, Circular Road, 1832, page 546