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): /piˈpiː.l̪ɐ/

Noun

पिपील • (pipīla) stem, m

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 [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