प्लीहन्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• प्लिहन् (plihán)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• প্লীহন্ (Assamese script)
• ᬧ᭄ᬮᬷᬳᬦ᭄ (Balinese script)
• প্লীহন্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰢𑰿𑰩𑰱𑰮𑰡𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀧𑁆𑀮𑀻𑀳𑀦𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ပ္လီဟန် (Burmese script)
• પ્લીહન્ (Gujarati script)
• ਪ੍ਲੀਹਨ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌪𑍍𑌲𑍀𑌹𑌨𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦥ꧀ꦭꦷꦲꦤ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂣𑂹𑂪𑂲𑂯𑂢𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಪ್ಲೀಹೝ (Kannada script)
• ប្លីហន៑ (Khmer script)
• ປ຺ລີຫນ຺ (Lao script)
• പ്ലീഹന് (Malayalam script)
• ᢒᠯᡳᡳᡥᠠᠨ (Manchu script)
• 𑘢𑘿𑘩𑘲𑘮𑘡𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᢒᠯᠢᠢᠾᠠᠨ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧂𑧠𑧉𑧓𑧎𑧁𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐥𑑂𑐮𑐷𑐴𑐣𑑂 (Newa script)
• ପ୍ଲୀହନ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢦ꣄ꢭꢷꢲꢥ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆥𑇀𑆬𑆵𑆲𑆤𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖢𑖿𑖩𑖱𑖮𑖡𑖿 (Siddham script)
• ප‍්ලීහන් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩰 𑪙𑩽𑩑𑩛𑪂𑩯 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚞𑚶𑚥𑚯𑚩𑚝𑚶 (Takri script)
• ப்லீஹந் (Tamil script)
• ప్లీహౝ (Telugu script)
• ปฺลีหนฺ (Thai script)
• པླཱི་ཧ་ན྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒣𑓂𑒪𑒲𑒯𑒢𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨞𑩇𑨬𑨁𑨊𑨱𑨝𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *spliHȷ́ʰā́, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pli(H)ǵʰḗn. Cognate with Ancient Greek σπλήν (splḗn) (whence English spleen), Latin lien, Avestan 𐬯𐬞𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬀𐬥 (spər^əzan), Old Armenian փայծաղն (pʻaycałn), Russian селезёнка (selezjónka), Lithuanian blužnis, Persian اسپرز (esporz).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pliː.ɦɐ́n/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /pl̪iː.ɦɐn̪/

Noun

प्ली॒हन् • (plīhán) stem, m

1. the spleen
   • c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda 2.33.3:

     हृदयात्ते परि क्लोम्नो हलीक्ष्णात्पार्श्वाभ्याम् ।
     यक्ष्मं मतस्नाभ्यां प्लीह्नो यक्नस्ते वि वृहामसि ॥

     hṛdayātte pari klomno halīkṣṇātpārśvābhyām.
     yakṣmaṃ matasnābhyāṃ plīhno yaknaste vi vṛhāmasi.

     Forth from thy heart and from thy lungs, from thy gall-bladder and thy sides,
     From kidneys, spleen and liver thy malady we uproot.

   • c. 700 BCE, Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa

Declension

Masculine an-stem declension of प्ली॒हन्

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	प्ली॒हा (plīhā́)	प्ली॒हानौ॑ (plīhā́nau) प्ली॒हाना॑¹ (plīhā́nā¹)	प्ली॒हानः॑ (plīhā́naḥ)
accusative	प्ली॒हान॑म् (plīhā́nam)	प्ली॒हानौ॑ (plīhā́nau) प्ली॒हाना॑¹ (plīhā́nā¹)	प्ली॒ह्नः (plīhnáḥ)
instrumental	प्ली॒ह्ना (plīhnā́)	प्ली॒हभ्या॑म् (plīhábhyām)	प्ली॒हभिः॑ (plīhábhiḥ)
dative	प्ली॒ह्ने (plīhné)	प्ली॒हभ्या॑म् (plīhábhyām)	प्ली॒हभ्यः॑ (plīhábhyaḥ)
ablative	प्ली॒ह्नः (plīhnáḥ)	प्ली॒हभ्या॑म् (plīhábhyām)	प्ली॒हभ्यः॑ (plīhábhyaḥ)
genitive	प्ली॒ह्नः (plīhnáḥ)	प्ली॒ह्नोः (plīhnóḥ)	प्ली॒ह्नाम् (plīhnā́m)
locative	प्ली॒ह्नि (plīhní) प्ली॒हनि॑ (plīháni) प्ली॒हन्¹ (plīhán¹)	प्ली॒ह्नोः (plīhnóḥ)	प्ली॒हसु॑ (plīhásu)
vocative	प्लीह॑न् (plī́han)	प्लीहा॑नौ (plī́hānau) प्लीहा॑ना¹ (plī́hānā¹)	प्लीहा॑नः (plī́hānaḥ)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

• Hindi: फिया (phiyā)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “प्लीहन्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 715/1.