पेशी

See also: पिश, पेश, पेशा, and पशु

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /peː.ʃiː/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sanskrit पेशी (peśī).

Noun

पेशी • (peśī) f (Urdu spelling پیشی)

1. (anatomy) muscle
2. sinew
3. muscular coordination

Declension

Declension of पेशी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	पेशी peśī	पेशियाँ peśiyā̃
oblique	पेशी peśī	पेशियों peśiyõ
vocative	पेशी peśī	पेशियो peśiyo

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Classical Persian پیشی (pēšī).

Noun

पेशी • (peśī) f (Urdu spelling پیشی)

1. hearing (of a case)
2. appearance (in court)
3. lead, precedence
4. superior rank
5. an advance (of money, equals पेशगी)

Declension

Declension of पेशी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	पेशी peśī	पेशियाँ peśiyā̃
oblique	पेशी peśī	पेशियों peśiyõ
vocative	पेशी peśī	पेशियो peśiyo

References

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

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit पेशी (peśī).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pe.ɕi/, [pe.ɕiː]

Noun

पेशी • (peśī) f (plural पेशी)

1. (biology) cell

Derived terms

• पेशीय (peśīya, “cellular”)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• পেশী (Assamese script)
• ᬧᬾᬰᬷ (Balinese script)
• পেশী (Bengali script)
• 𑰢𑰸𑰫𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀧𑁂𑀰𑀻 (Brahmi script)
• ပေၐီ (Burmese script)
• પેશી (Gujarati script)
• ਪੇਸ਼ੀ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌪𑍇𑌶𑍀 (Grantha script)
• ꦥꦺꦯꦷ (Javanese script)
• 𑂣𑂵𑂬𑂲 (Kaithi script)
• ಪೇಶೀ (Kannada script)
• បេឝី (Khmer script)
• ເປຨີ (Lao script)
• പേശീ (Malayalam script)
• ᢒᡝᡧᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘢𑘹𑘫𑘲 (Modi script)
• ᢒᠧᠱᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧂𑧚𑧋𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐥𑐾𑐱𑐷 (Newa script)
• ପେଶୀ (Odia script)
• ꢦꢾꢯꢷ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆥𑆼𑆯𑆵 (Sharada script)
• 𑖢𑖸𑖫𑖱 (Siddham script)
• පෙශී (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩰𑩔𑩿𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚞𑚲𑚧𑚯 (Takri script)
• பேஶீ (Tamil script)
• పేశీ (Telugu script)
• เปศี (Thai script)
• པེ་ཤཱི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒣𑒹𑒬𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨞𑨄𑨮𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From the root पिश् (piś, “to hew out, carve, form”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɐj.ɕiː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /peː.ɕiː/

Noun

पेशी • (peśī) stem, f

1. a piece of flesh or meat
2. fetus shortly after conception
3. (anatomy) muscle
4. peel or rind of a fruit
5. sheath, scabbard
6. the egg of a bird

Declension

Feminine ī-stem declension of पेशी

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	पेशी (peśī)	पेश्यौ (peśyau) पेशी¹ (peśī¹)	पेश्यः (peśyaḥ) पेशीः¹ (peśīḥ¹)
accusative	पेशीम् (peśīm)	पेश्यौ (peśyau) पेशी¹ (peśī¹)	पेशीः (peśīḥ)
instrumental	पेश्या (peśyā)	पेशीभ्याम् (peśībhyām)	पेशीभिः (peśībhiḥ)
dative	पेश्यै (peśyai)	पेशीभ्याम् (peśībhyām)	पेशीभ्यः (peśībhyaḥ)
ablative	पेश्याः (peśyāḥ) पेश्यै² (peśyai²)	पेशीभ्याम् (peśībhyām)	पेशीभ्यः (peśībhyaḥ)
genitive	पेश्याः (peśyāḥ) पेश्यै² (peśyai²)	पेश्योः (peśyoḥ)	पेशीनाम् (peśīnām)
locative	पेश्याम् (peśyām)	पेश्योः (peśyoḥ)	पेशीषु (peśīṣu)
vocative	पेशि (peśi)	पेश्यौ (peśyau) पेशी¹ (peśī¹)	पेश्यः (peśyaḥ) पेशीः¹ (peśīḥ¹)

• ¹Vedic
• ²Brāhmaṇas

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “पेशी”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 648/3.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 168