पिपील

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• পিপীল (Assamese script)
• ᬧᬶᬧᬷᬮ (Balinese script)
• পিপীল (Bengali script)
• 𑰢𑰰𑰢𑰱𑰩 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀧𑀺𑀧𑀻𑀮 (Brahmi script)
• ပိပီလ (Burmese script)
• પિપીલ (Gujarati script)
• ਪਿਪੀਲ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌪𑌿𑌪𑍀𑌲 (Grantha script)
• ꦥꦶꦥꦷꦭ (Javanese script)
• 𑂣𑂱𑂣𑂲𑂪 (Kaithi script)
• ಪಿಪೀಲ (Kannada script)
• បិបីល (Khmer script)
• ປິປີລ (Lao script)
• പിപീല (Malayalam script)
• ᢒᡳᢒᡳᡳᠯᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘢𑘱𑘢𑘲𑘩 (Modi script)
• ᢒᠢᢒᠢᠢᠯᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧂𑧒𑧂𑧓𑧉 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐥𑐶𑐥𑐷𑐮 (Newa script)
• ପିପୀଲ (Odia script)
• ꢦꢶꢦꢷꢭ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆥𑆴𑆥𑆵𑆬 (Sharada script)
• 𑖢𑖰𑖢𑖱𑖩 (Siddham script)
• පිපීල (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩰𑩑𑩰𑩑𑩛𑩽 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚞𑚮𑚞𑚯𑚥 (Takri script)
• பிபீல (Tamil script)
• పిపీల (Telugu script)
• ปิปีล (Thai script)
• པི་པཱི་ལ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒣𑒱𑒣𑒲𑒪 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨞𑨁𑨞𑨁𑨊𑨬 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Probably borrowed from a substrate, due to the numerous phonetic variations (with gemination, aspiration and/or retroflexion) of derivatives in descendants. Compare also Prakrit 𑀧𑀺𑀧𑁆𑀧𑀬 (pippaya, “fly”) and Hindi तितली (titlī, “butterfly”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pi.piː.lɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /piˈpiː.l̪ɐ/

Noun

पिपील • (pipīla) stem, m

1. an ant

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of पिपील (pipīla)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	पिपीलः pipīlaḥ	पिपीलौ / पिपीला¹ pipīlau / pipīlā¹	पिपीलाः / पिपीलासः¹ pipīlāḥ / pipīlāsaḥ¹
Vocative	पिपील pipīla	पिपीलौ / पिपीला¹ pipīlau / pipīlā¹	पिपीलाः / पिपीलासः¹ pipīlāḥ / pipīlāsaḥ¹
Accusative	पिपीलम् pipīlam	पिपीलौ / पिपीला¹ pipīlau / pipīlā¹	पिपीलान् pipīlān
Instrumental	पिपीलेन pipīlena	पिपीलाभ्याम् pipīlābhyām	पिपीलैः / पिपीलेभिः¹ pipīlaiḥ / pipīlebhiḥ¹
Dative	पिपीलाय pipīlāya	पिपीलाभ्याम् pipīlābhyām	पिपीलेभ्यः pipīlebhyaḥ
Ablative	पिपीलात् pipīlāt	पिपीलाभ्याम् pipīlābhyām	पिपीलेभ्यः pipīlebhyaḥ
Genitive	पिपीलस्य pipīlasya	पिपीलयोः pipīlayoḥ	पिपीलानाम् pipīlānām
Locative	पिपीले pipīle	पिपीलयोः pipīlayoḥ	पिपीलेषु pipīleṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Derived terms

• पिपीलक (pipīlaka)
• पिपीली (pipīlī)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “पिपील”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 627/3.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 132-3
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen‎^[2] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 285
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “pipīlá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press