पंषी

See also: पाषी

Old Hindi

Alternative forms

• पंषि (pãṣi)

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit पक्षिन् (pakṣín, “bird”, literally “winged”). Compare Old Punjabi ਪੰਖੀ (paṅkhī), Old Gujarati पखी (pakhī), पंखी (paṃkhī), Old Marathi 𑘢𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘲 (pakṣī), Bengali পঙ্খী (poṅkhi).

Noun

पंषी (pãṣī)

1. bird
   • c. 1420, Kabīr, Kabīr Vāṇī 92.1:

     बिरषि बसेरा पंषि का
     ऐसा माया जाल

     biraṣi baserā pãṣi kā
     aisā māyā jāla

     this web of māyā is like
     bird’s perch on a tree

Descendants

• Hindustani: pañchī

  Hindi: पंछी

  Urdu: پَنْچِھی (panchī)

Further reading

• Jaroslav Strnad (2013) Morphology and Syntax of Old Hindī : Edition and Analysis of One Hundred Kabīr Vānī Poems From Rājasthān (Brill's Indological Library; 45), Leiden, →OCLC, page 544