प्लु

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• প্লু (Assamese script)
• ᬧ᭄ᬮᬸ (Balinese script)
• প্লু (Bengali script)
• 𑰢𑰿𑰩𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀧𑁆𑀮𑀼 (Brahmi script)
• ပ္လု (Burmese script)
• પ્લુ (Gujarati script)
• ਪੑਲੁ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌪𑍍𑌲𑍁 (Grantha script)
• ꦥ꧀ꦭꦸ (Javanese script)
• 𑂣𑂹𑂪𑂳 (Kaithi script)
• ಪ್ಲು (Kannada script)
• ប្លុ (Khmer script)
• ປ຺ລຸ (Lao script)
• പ്ലു (Malayalam script)
• ᢒᠯᡠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘢𑘿𑘩𑘳 (Modi script)
• ᢒᠯᠤ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧂𑧠𑧉𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐥𑑂𑐮𑐸 (Newa script)
• ପ୍ଲୁ (Odia script)
• ꢦ꣄ꢭꢸ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆥𑇀𑆬𑆶 (Sharada script)
• 𑖢𑖿𑖩𑖲 (Siddham script)
• ප‍්ලු (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩰 𑪙𑩽𑩒 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚞𑚶𑚥𑚰 (Takri script)
• ப்லு (Tamil script)
• ప్లు (Telugu script)
• ปฺลุ (Thai script)
• པླུ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒣𑓂𑒪𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨞𑩇𑨬𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *plu-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *plu-, from Proto-Indo-European *plew- (“to fly, flow, run”). Cognate with English flow, float, Ancient Greek πλέω (pléō), Old Armenian լուանամ (luanam) and Russian плыть (plytʹ) ("to swim", "to float").

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /plu/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /pl̪u/

Root

प्लु • (plu)

1. to float
2. to sail

Derived terms

• प्रप्लुत (prápluta, “dipped in water”)
• प्लव (plavá, “swimming, floating”)
• प्लवति (plávati, “sail, float”)
• प्लवते (plávate, “sail, float”)
• प्लावयति (plāvayati, “cause to float or sail”)
• प्लुत (pluta, “flood”)
• प्लुत (plutá, “floated, flown, leapt; overlong (of a vowel)”)
• प्लुति (pluti, “flood, overflowing; leap, capering; prolation of a vowel”)

 

References

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