पिपील

Sanskrit

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): /pi.piː.l̪ɐ/

Noun

पिपील • (pipīla) stem, m

an ant

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of पिपील
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	पिपीलः (pipīlaḥ)	पिपीलौ (pipīlau) पिपीला¹ (pipīlā¹)	पिपीलाः (pipīlāḥ) पिपीलासः¹ (pipīlāsaḥ¹)
vocative	पिपील (pipīla)	पिपीलौ (pipīlau) पिपीला¹ (pipīlā¹)	पिपीलाः (pipīlāḥ) पिपीलासः¹ (pipīlāsaḥ¹)
accusative	पिपीलम् (pipīlam)	पिपीलौ (pipīlau) पिपीला¹ (pipīlā¹)	पिपीलान् (pipīlān)
instrumental	पिपीलेन (pipīlena)	पिपीलाभ्याम् (pipīlābhyām)	पिपीलैः (pipīlaiḥ) पिपीलेभिः¹ (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)

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 [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 132-3
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎^[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