पिशाच

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit पिशाच (piśāca).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /pɪ.ʃɑːt͡ʃ/, [pɪ.ʃäːt͡ʃ]

Noun

पिशाच • (piśāc) m (Urdu spelling پشاچ) (rare, formal)

1. demon, evil spirit

   Synonyms: असुर (asur), राक्षस (rākṣas)

Declension

Declension of पिशाच (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	पिशाच piśāc	पिशाच piśāc
oblique	पिशाच piśāc	पिशाचों piśācõ
vocative	पिशाच piśāc	पिशाचो piśāco

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “पिशाच”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• পিশাচ (Assamese script)
• ᬧᬶᬰᬵᬘ (Balinese script)
• পিশাচ (Bengali script)
• 𑰢𑰰𑰫𑰯𑰓 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀧𑀺𑀰𑀸𑀘 (Brahmi script)
• ပိၐာစ (Burmese script)
• પિશાચ (Gujarati script)
• ਪਿਸ਼ਾਚ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌪𑌿𑌶𑌾𑌚 (Grantha script)
• ꦥꦶꦯꦴꦕ (Javanese script)
• 𑂣𑂱𑂬𑂰𑂒 (Kaithi script)
• ಪಿಶಾಚ (Kannada script)
• បិឝាច (Khmer script)
• ປິຨາຈ (Lao script)
• പിശാച (Malayalam script)
• ᢒᡳᡧᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢜᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘢𑘱𑘫𑘰𑘓 (Modi script)
• ᢒᠢᠱᠠᢗᢋᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧂𑧒𑧋𑧑𑦳 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐥𑐶𑐱𑐵𑐔 (Newa script)
• ପିଶାଚ (Odia script)
• ꢦꢶꢯꢵꢗ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆥𑆴𑆯𑆳𑆖 (Sharada script)
• 𑖢𑖰𑖫𑖯𑖓 (Siddham script)
• පිශාච (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩰𑩑𑩿𑩛𑩡 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚞𑚮𑚧𑚭𑚏 (Takri script)
• பிஶாச (Tamil script)
• పిశాచ (Telugu script)
• ปิศาจ (Thai script)
• པི་ཤཱ་ཙ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒣𑒱𑒬𑒰𑒔 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨞𑨁𑨮𑨊𑨣 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Derived from the root पिश् (piś, “to carve, prepare meat”), because of the demons' fondness for meat. The root is ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peyḱ- (“to hew, cut out”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pi.ɕɑː.t͡ɕɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /piˈɕɑː.t͡ɕɐ/

Noun

पिशाच • (piśācá) stem, m

1. a fiend, ogre, demon, imp, malevolent or devilish being

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of पिशाच (piśācá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	पिशाचः piśācáḥ	पिशाचौ / पिशाचा¹ piśācaú / piśācā́¹	पिशाचाः / पिशाचासः¹ piśācā́ḥ / piśācā́saḥ¹
Vocative	पिशाच píśāca	पिशाचौ / पिशाचा¹ píśācau / píśācā¹	पिशाचाः / पिशाचासः¹ píśācāḥ / píśācāsaḥ¹
Accusative	पिशाचम् piśācám	पिशाचौ / पिशाचा¹ piśācaú / piśācā́¹	पिशाचान् piśācā́n
Instrumental	पिशाचेन piśācéna	पिशाचाभ्याम् piśācā́bhyām	पिशाचैः / पिशाचेभिः¹ piśācaíḥ / piśācébhiḥ¹
Dative	पिशाचाय piśācā́ya	पिशाचाभ्याम् piśācā́bhyām	पिशाचेभ्यः piśācébhyaḥ
Ablative	पिशाचात् piśācā́t	पिशाचाभ्याम् piśācā́bhyām	पिशाचेभ्यः piśācébhyaḥ
Genitive	पिशाचस्य piśācásya	पिशाचयोः piśācáyoḥ	पिशाचानाम् piśācā́nām
Locative	पिशाचे piśācé	पिशाचयोः piśācáyoḥ	पिशाचेषु piśācéṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Pali: pisāca
• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀧𑀺𑀲𑀸𑀅 (pisāa)
• → Hindi: पिशाच (piśāc)
• → Punjabi: ਪਿਸ਼ਾਚ (piśāc)