प्लव

See also: पलव and पलाव

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• প্লৱ (Assamese script)
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• প্লব (Bengali script)
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• ਪ੍ਲਵ (Gurmukhi script)
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• ꦥ꧀ꦭꦮ (Javanese script)
• 𑂣𑂹𑂪𑂫 (Kaithi script)
• ಪ್ಲವ (Kannada script)
• ប្លវ (Khmer script)
• ປ຺ລວ (Lao script)
• പ്ലവ (Malayalam script)
• ᢒᠯᠠᠸᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘢𑘿𑘩𑘪 (Modi script)
• ᢒᠯᠠᠸᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧂𑧠𑧉𑧊 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐥𑑂𑐮𑐰 (Newa script)
• ପ୍ଲଵ (Odia script)
• ꢦ꣄ꢭꢮ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆥𑇀𑆬𑆮 (Sharada script)
• 𑖢𑖿𑖩𑖪 (Siddham script)
• ප‍්ලව (Sinhalese script)
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• 𑚞𑚶𑚥𑚦 (Takri script)
• ப்லவ (Tamil script)
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• ปฺลว (Thai script)
• པླ་ཝ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒣𑓂𑒪𑒫 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨞𑩇𑨬𑨭 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /plɐ.ʋɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /pl̪ɐ.ʋɐ/

Etymology 1

From the root प्लु (plu), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *plew-, + *-ós, *-wós. Some semantic conflation with *prew-; see Etymology 2 below.

Adjective

प्ल॒व • (plavá) stem

1. swimming, floating ṠāṅkhGṛ. Suṡr.
2. sloping towards, inclined Hariv. Var. Hcat. (in astrol. applied to a constellation situated in the quarter ruled by its planetary regent Var. Sch.)
3. transient MuṇḍUp.

Noun

प्ल॒व • (plavá) stem, m or n

1. a float, raft, boat, small ship RV. &c.

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of प्ल॒व

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	प्ल॒वः (plaváḥ)	प्ल॒वौ (plaváu) प्ल॒वा¹ (plavā́¹)	प्ल॒वाः (plavā́ḥ) प्ल॒वासः॑¹ (plavā́saḥ¹)
accusative	प्ल॒वम् (plavám)	प्ल॒वौ (plaváu) प्ल॒वा¹ (plavā́¹)	प्ल॒वान् (plavā́n)
instrumental	प्ल॒वेन॑ (plavéna)	प्ल॒वाभ्या॑म् (plavā́bhyām)	प्ल॒वैः (plaváiḥ) प्ल॒वेभिः॑¹ (plavébhiḥ¹)
dative	प्ल॒वाय॑ (plavā́ya)	प्ल॒वाभ्या॑म् (plavā́bhyām)	प्ल॒वेभ्यः॑ (plavébhyaḥ)
ablative	प्ल॒वात् (plavā́t)	प्ल॒वाभ्या॑म् (plavā́bhyām)	प्ल॒वेभ्यः॑ (plavébhyaḥ)
genitive	प्ल॒वस्य॑ (plavásya)	प्ल॒वयोः॑ (plaváyoḥ)	प्ल॒वाना॑म् (plavā́nām)
locative	प्ल॒वे (plavé)	प्ल॒वयोः॑ (plaváyoḥ)	प्ल॒वेषु॑ (plavéṣu)
vocative	प्लव॑ (pláva)	प्लवौ॑ (plávau) प्लवा॑¹ (plávā¹)	प्लवाः॑ (plávāḥ) प्लवा॑सः¹ (plávāsaḥ¹)

• ¹Vedic

Neuter a-stem declension of प्ल॒व

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	प्ल॒वम् (plavám)	प्ल॒वे (plavé)	प्ल॒वानि॑ (plavā́ni) प्ल॒वा¹ (plavā́¹)
accusative	प्ल॒वम् (plavám)	प्ल॒वे (plavé)	प्ल॒वानि॑ (plavā́ni) प्ल॒वा¹ (plavā́¹)
instrumental	प्ल॒वेन॑ (plavéna)	प्ल॒वाभ्या॑म् (plavā́bhyām)	प्ल॒वैः (plaváiḥ) प्ल॒वेभिः॑¹ (plavébhiḥ¹)
dative	प्ल॒वाय॑ (plavā́ya)	प्ल॒वाभ्या॑म् (plavā́bhyām)	प्ल॒वेभ्यः॑ (plavébhyaḥ)
ablative	प्ल॒वात् (plavā́t)	प्ल॒वाभ्या॑म् (plavā́bhyām)	प्ल॒वेभ्यः॑ (plavébhyaḥ)
genitive	प्ल॒वस्य॑ (plavásya)	प्ल॒वयोः॑ (plaváyoḥ)	प्ल॒वाना॑म् (plavā́nām)
locative	प्ल॒वे (plavé)	प्ल॒वयोः॑ (plaváyoḥ)	प्ल॒वेषु॑ (plavéṣu)
vocative	प्लव॑ (pláva)	प्लवे॑ (pláve)	प्लवा॑नि (plávāni) प्लवा॑¹ (plávā¹)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

• → Telugu: ప్లవము (plavamu) (learned)

Noun

प्ल॒व • (plavá) stem, m

1. a kind of aquatic bird (= गात्र-सम्प्लव, कारण्डव, जल-वायस, जल-काक or जल-कुक्कुट L.).
2. Ficus infectoria
3. a snare or basket of wicker-work for catching fish
4. the 35th (or 9th) year in a cycle of Jupiter
5. swimming; bathing (ifc. f( आ).)
6. flooding, a flood, the swelling of a river
7. the prolated utterance of a vowel

   Synonym: प्लुति (pluti)

8. protraction of a sentence through 3 or more ślóka

   Synonym: कुलक (kulaka)

9. sloping down or towards, slope, proclivity, inclination

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of प्ल॒व

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	प्ल॒वः (plaváḥ)	प्ल॒वौ (plaváu) प्ल॒वा¹ (plavā́¹)	प्ल॒वाः (plavā́ḥ) प्ल॒वासः॑¹ (plavā́saḥ¹)
accusative	प्ल॒वम् (plavám)	प्ल॒वौ (plaváu) प्ल॒वा¹ (plavā́¹)	प्ल॒वान् (plavā́n)
instrumental	प्ल॒वेन॑ (plavéna)	प्ल॒वाभ्या॑म् (plavā́bhyām)	प्ल॒वैः (plaváiḥ) प्ल॒वेभिः॑¹ (plavébhiḥ¹)
dative	प्ल॒वाय॑ (plavā́ya)	प्ल॒वाभ्या॑म् (plavā́bhyām)	प्ल॒वेभ्यः॑ (plavébhyaḥ)
ablative	प्ल॒वात् (plavā́t)	प्ल॒वाभ्या॑म् (plavā́bhyām)	प्ल॒वेभ्यः॑ (plavébhyaḥ)
genitive	प्ल॒वस्य॑ (plavásya)	प्ल॒वयोः॑ (plaváyoḥ)	प्ल॒वाना॑म् (plavā́nām)
locative	प्ल॒वे (plavé)	प्ल॒वयोः॑ (plaváyoḥ)	प्ल॒वेषु॑ (plavéṣu)
vocative	प्लव॑ (pláva)	प्लवौ॑ (plávau) प्लवा॑¹ (plávā¹)	प्लवाः॑ (plávāḥ) प्लवा॑सः¹ (plávāsaḥ¹)

• ¹Vedic

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *prew- (“to jump, hop, leap, jerk”).

Adjective

प्ल॒व • (plavá) stem

1. jumping, leaping, diving, plunging, going by leaps or plunges R. (cf. comp. below)

Noun

प्ल॒व • (plavá) stem, m

1. frog (literally, “the one who jumps/plunges”)

   Synonyms: प्लवक (plavaka), मण्डूक (maṇḍūka), भेक (bheka), रेक (reka), लूलुक (lūluka), नन्दक (nandaka), शालु (śālu)

2. jump, leap; dive, plunge

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of प्ल॒व

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	प्ल॒वः (plaváḥ)	प्ल॒वौ (plaváu) प्ल॒वा¹ (plavā́¹)	प्ल॒वाः (plavā́ḥ) प्ल॒वासः॑¹ (plavā́saḥ¹)
accusative	प्ल॒वम् (plavám)	प्ल॒वौ (plaváu) प्ल॒वा¹ (plavā́¹)	प्ल॒वान् (plavā́n)
instrumental	प्ल॒वेन॑ (plavéna)	प्ल॒वाभ्या॑म् (plavā́bhyām)	प्ल॒वैः (plaváiḥ) प्ल॒वेभिः॑¹ (plavébhiḥ¹)
dative	प्ल॒वाय॑ (plavā́ya)	प्ल॒वाभ्या॑म् (plavā́bhyām)	प्ल॒वेभ्यः॑ (plavébhyaḥ)
ablative	प्ल॒वात् (plavā́t)	प्ल॒वाभ्या॑म् (plavā́bhyām)	प्ल॒वेभ्यः॑ (plavébhyaḥ)
genitive	प्ल॒वस्य॑ (plavásya)	प्ल॒वयोः॑ (plaváyoḥ)	प्ल॒वाना॑म् (plavā́nām)
locative	प्ल॒वे (plavé)	प्ल॒वयोः॑ (plaváyoḥ)	प्ल॒वेषु॑ (plavéṣu)
vocative	प्लव॑ (pláva)	प्लवौ॑ (plávau) प्लवा॑¹ (plávā¹)	प्लवाः॑ (plávāḥ) प्लवा॑सः¹ (plávāsaḥ¹)

• ¹Vedic

Derived terms

• प्लवक (plavaka)
• प्लवग (plavaga)
• प्लवगति (plavagati)
• प्लवङ्गम (plavaṅgama)