पूल्य

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• পূল্য (Assamese script)
• ᬧᬹᬮ᭄ᬬ (Balinese script)
• পূল্য (Bengali script)
• 𑰢𑰳𑰩𑰿𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀧𑀽𑀮𑁆𑀬 (Brahmi script)
• ပူလျ (Burmese script)
• પૂલ્ય (Gujarati script)
• ਪੂਲ੍ਯ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌪𑍂𑌲𑍍𑌯 (Grantha script)
• ꦥꦹꦭꦾ (Javanese script)
• 𑂣𑂴𑂪𑂹𑂨 (Kaithi script)
• ಪೂಲ್ಯ (Kannada script)
• បូល្យ (Khmer script)
• ປູລ຺ຍ (Lao script)
• പൂല്യ (Malayalam script)
• ᢒᡠᡠᠯᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘢𑘴𑘩𑘿𑘧 (Modi script)
• ᢒᠤᠤᠯᠶ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧂𑧕𑧉𑧠𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐥𑐹𑐮𑑂𑐫 (Newa script)
• ପୂଲ୍ଯ (Odia script)
• ꢦꢹꢭ꣄ꢫ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆥𑆷𑆬𑇀𑆪 (Sharada script)
• 𑖢𑖳𑖩𑖿𑖧 (Siddham script)
• පූල්‍ය (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩰𑩒𑩛𑩽 𑪙𑩻 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚞𑚱𑚥𑚶𑚣 (Takri script)
• பூல்ய (Tamil script)
• పూల్య (Telugu script)
• ปูลฺย (Thai script)
• པཱུ་ལྱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒣𑒴𑒪𑓂𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨞𑨃𑨊𑨬𑩇𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Probably an l-extension of पूय (pūya, “pus”); compare German faul (“foul”) and Lithuanian pū́liai (“pus”). Alternatively, borrowed from a substrate.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /puːl.jɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈpuːl̪.jɐ/

Noun

पूल्य • (pūlya) stem, n

1. an empty or shriveled grain of corn

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of पूल्य (pūlya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	पूल्यम् pūlyam	पूल्ये pūlye	पूल्यानि / पूल्या¹ pūlyāni / pūlyā¹
Vocative	पूल्य pūlya	पूल्ये pūlye	पूल्यानि / पूल्या¹ pūlyāni / pūlyā¹
Accusative	पूल्यम् pūlyam	पूल्ये pūlye	पूल्यानि / पूल्या¹ pūlyāni / pūlyā¹
Instrumental	पूल्येन pūlyena	पूल्याभ्याम् pūlyābhyām	पूल्यैः / पूल्येभिः¹ pūlyaiḥ / pūlyebhiḥ¹
Dative	पूल्याय pūlyāya	पूल्याभ्याम् pūlyābhyām	पूल्येभ्यः pūlyebhyaḥ
Ablative	पूल्यात् pūlyāt	पूल्याभ्याम् pūlyābhyām	पूल्येभ्यः pūlyebhyaḥ
Genitive	पूल्यस्य pūlyasya	पूल्ययोः pūlyayoḥ	पूल्यानाम् pūlyānām
Locative	पूल्ये pūlye	पूल्ययोः pūlyayoḥ	पूल्येषु pūlyeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “पूल्य”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 645/1.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 158