पृथ्वी

Bhojpuri

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit पृथ्वी (pṛthvī́).

Noun

पृथ्वी (pŕthvī) f

2. Earth
3. ground, earth

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Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit पृथ्वी (pṛthvī́).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /pɾɪt̪ʰ.ʋiː/

Noun

पृथ्वी • (pŕthvī) f (Urdu spelling پرتھوی)

2. Earth (the third planet from our Sun)
3. ground

   (deprecated template usage)

   पृथ्वी पर/में रहनेवाले लोग

   pŕthvī par/mẽ rahnevāle log

   People living on the Earth

Synonyms

• (Earth): धरती (dhartī), दुनिया (duniyā)
• (ground): ज़मीन (zamīn), भूमि (bhūmi)

See also

• (planets of the Solar System) सौरमंडल के ग्रह (saurmaṇḍal ke grah); बुध (budh), शुक्र (śukra), पृथ्वी (pŕthvī)/धरती (dhartī), मंगल (maṅgal), बृहस्पति (bŕhaspati), शनि (śani), अरुण (aruṇ), वरुण (varuṇ)

Proper noun

पृथ्वी • (pŕthvī) f

1. (Hinduism, Buddhism) Prithvi, Mother Earth

References

• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “पृथ्वी”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “पृथ्वी”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

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Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit पृथ्वी (pṛthvī́).

Noun

पृथ्वी • (pŕthvī) f

2. Earth (the third planet from the Sun)

   पृथ्वी सूर्याभोवती फिरते.

   pŕthvī sūryābhovtī phirte.

   The earth revolves around the Sun.

References

• Berntsen, Maxine, “पृथ्वी”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “पृथ्वी”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911) “पृथ्वी”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press

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Nepali

Noun

पृथ्वी • (pr̥thvī)

2. the Earth; world

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Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *pr̥tʰwíH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pr̥tʰwíH, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥th₂-éwih₂ (“country”), from *pléth₂us (“flat, broad”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬞𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬚𐬡𐬍‎ (pər^əθβī‎).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pr̩tʰ.ʋíː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈpr̩t̪ʰ.ʋiː/

Noun

पृथ्वी • (pṛthvī́) stem, f

1. the Earth
2. earth (traditional element)
3. (Hinduism) Mother Earth

Declension

Feminine ī-stem declension of पृथ्वी (pṛthvī́)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	पृथ्वी pṛthvī́	पृथ्व्यौ / पृथ्वी¹ pṛthvyaù / pṛthvī́¹	पृथ्व्यः / पृथ्वीः¹ pṛthvyàḥ / pṛthvī́ḥ¹
Vocative	पृथ्वि pṛ́thvi	पृथ्व्यौ / पृथ्वी¹ pṛ́thvyau / pṛ́thvī¹	पृथ्व्यः / पृथ्वीः¹ pṛ́thvyaḥ / pṛ́thvīḥ¹
Accusative	पृथ्वीम् pṛthvī́m	पृथ्व्यौ / पृथ्वी¹ pṛthvyaù / pṛthvī́¹	पृथ्वीः pṛthvī́ḥ
Instrumental	पृथ्व्या pṛthvyā́	पृथ्वीभ्याम् pṛthvī́bhyām	पृथ्वीभिः pṛthvī́bhiḥ
Dative	पृथ्व्यै pṛthvyaí	पृथ्वीभ्याम् pṛthvī́bhyām	पृथ्वीभ्यः pṛthvī́bhyaḥ
Ablative	पृथ्व्याः / पृथ्व्यै² pṛthvyā́ḥ / pṛthvyaí²	पृथ्वीभ्याम् pṛthvī́bhyām	पृथ्वीभ्यः pṛthvī́bhyaḥ
Genitive	पृथ्व्याः / पृथ्व्यै² pṛthvyā́ḥ / pṛthvyaí²	पृथ्व्योः pṛthvyóḥ	पृथ्वीनाम् pṛthvī́nām
Locative	पृथ्व्याम् pṛthvyā́m	पृथ्व्योः pṛthvyóḥ	पृथ्वीषु pṛthvī́ṣu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “पृथ्वी”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 647.