पल्य

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

পল্য (Assamese script)
ᬧᬮ᭄ᬬ (Balinese script)
পল্য (Bengali script)
𑰢𑰩𑰿𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀧𑀮𑁆𑀬 (Brahmi script)
ပလျ (Burmese script)
પલ્ય (Gujarati script)
ਪਲ੍ਯ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌪𑌲𑍍𑌯 (Grantha script)
ꦥꦭꦾ (Javanese script)
𑂣𑂪𑂹𑂨 (Kaithi script)
ಪಲ್ಯ (Kannada script)
បល្យ (Khmer script)
ປລ຺ຍ (Lao script)
പല്യ (Malayalam script)
ᢒᠠᠯᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘢𑘩𑘿𑘧 (Modi script)
ᢒᠠᠯᠶ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
𑧂𑧉𑧠𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
𑐥𑐮𑑂𑐫 (Newa script)
ପଲ୍ଯ (Odia script)
ꢦꢭ꣄ꢫ (Saurashtra script)
𑆥𑆬𑇀𑆪 (Sharada script)
𑖢𑖩𑖿𑖧 (Siddham script)
පල්‍ය (Sinhalese script)
𑩰𑩽 𑪙𑩻 (Soyombo script)
𑚞𑚥𑚶𑚣 (Takri script)
பல்ய (Tamil script)
పల్య (Telugu script)
ปลฺย (Thai script)
པ་ལྱ (Tibetan script)
𑒣𑒪𑓂𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
𑨞𑨬𑩇𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Of uncertain origin. The original meaning is either "size, measure" (for which compare especially पल (pala, “a measure of weight”)), or "skin, leather" (for which compare Ancient Greek πέλλα (pélla, “bowl”), पालवी (pālavī, “a kind of vessel”)).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɐl.jɐ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /pɐl̪.jɐ/

Noun

पल्य • (palya) stem, n

a sack for corn (probably containing a certain measure)
a particularly high number

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of पल्य
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	पल्यम् (palyam)	पल्ये (palye)	पल्यानि (palyāni) पल्या¹ (palyā¹)
vocative	पल्य (palya)	पल्ये (palye)	पल्यानि (palyāni) पल्या¹ (palyā¹)
accusative	पल्यम् (palyam)	पल्ये (palye)	पल्यानि (palyāni) पल्या¹ (palyā¹)
instrumental	पल्येन (palyena)	पल्याभ्याम् (palyābhyām)	पल्यैः (palyaiḥ) पल्येभिः¹ (palyebhiḥ¹)
dative	पल्याय (palyāya)	पल्याभ्याम् (palyābhyām)	पल्येभ्यः (palyebhyaḥ)
ablative	पल्यात् (palyāt)	पल्याभ्याम् (palyābhyām)	पल्येभ्यः (palyebhyaḥ)
genitive	पल्यस्य (palyasya)	पल्ययोः (palyayoḥ)	पल्यानाम् (palyānām)
locative	पल्ये (palye)	पल्ययोः (palyayoḥ)	पल्येषु (palyeṣu)

¹Vedic

References

Monier Williams (1899) “पल्य”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 609/3.
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 104
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎^[2] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 235