पुण्य

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit पुण्य (puṇya).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /pʊɳ.jᵊ/, [pʊ̃ɳ.jᵊ]

Adjective

पुण्य • (puṇya) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling پنيه)

1. holy, sacred

   (deprecated template usage) पुण्य स्थल ― puṇya sthal ― shrine

2. laudable, meritorious
3. auspicious, fortunate

Noun

पुण्य • (puṇya) m

1. virtue; an act of virtue
2. boon, godsend, as a result of virtue

Declension

Declension of पुण्य (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	पुण्य puṇya	पुण्य puṇya
oblique	पुण्य puṇya	पुण्यों puṇyõ
vocative	पुण्य puṇya	पुण्यो puṇyo

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “puṇya”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

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Sanskrit

Etymology

Suspected, given the unconditioned retroflex, to belong to a substratum language (eg, Dravidian)

Noun

पुण्य • (puṇya) stem, n

1. the good or right, virtue, purity, good work, meritorious act, moral or religious merit

See also

• पुण्यकुट (puṇyakuṭa, “a great multitude of meritorious acts”)
• पुणति (puṇati, “to act piously or virtuosly”)
• पुण्यकर्मन् (puṇyakarman), पुण्यकर्तृ (puṇyakartṛ, “someone who acts right, a virtuous person”)
• पुण्यकीर्ति (puṇyakīrti, “bearing a good name, famous, celebrated”)

Descendants

• → Indonesian: punia
• → Hindi: पुण्य (puṇya)
• → Khmer: បុណ្យ (bon)
• → Lao: ບຸນ (bun)
• → Malayalam: പുണ്യം (puṇyaṁ)
• → Mongolian: буян (bujan)
• → Pali: puñña
• → Telugu: పుణ్యము (puṇyamu)
• → Thai: บุญ (bun)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “पुण्य”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0632.
• Substrate Languages in Old Indo-Aryan (Ṛgvedic, Middle and Late Vedic), M. WITZEL, 1999