पी

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /piː/

Verb

पी • (pī)

1. inflection of पीना (pīnā):
   1. stem
   2. feminine singular perfective participle
   3. feminine singular perfect indicative
   4. second-person singular intimate present imperative

References

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

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• পী (Assamese script)
• ᬧᬷ (Balinese script)
• পী (Bengali script)
• 𑰢𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀧𑀻 (Brahmi script)
• ပီ (Burmese script)
• પી (Gujarati script)
• ਪੀ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌪𑍀 (Grantha script)
• ꦥꦷ (Javanese script)
• 𑂣𑂲 (Kaithi script)
• ಪೀ (Kannada script)
• បី (Khmer script)
• ປີ (Lao script)
• പീ (Malayalam script)
• ᢒᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘢𑘲 (Modi script)
• ᢒᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧂𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐥𑐷 (Newa script)
• ପୀ (Odia script)
• ꢦꢷ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆥𑆵 (Sharada script)
• 𑖢𑖱 (Siddham script)
• පී (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩰𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚞𑚯 (Takri script)
• பீ (Tamil script)
• పీ (Telugu script)
• ปี (Thai script)
• པཱི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒣𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨞𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /piː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /piː/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *peyh₂-.

Alternative forms

• पय् (pay), पि (pi), पिन्व् (pinv), प्यै (pyai)

Root

पी • (pī)

1. to swell, overflow, be exuberant, abound, increase, grow
2. to fatten, cause to swell or be exuberant, surfeit

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root पी (0 c, 2 e)

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root पी (2 c, 0 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

• पिन्वति (pínvati, Present)
• पयते (páyate, Present)
• पीपाय (pīpā́ya, Perfect)

Non-Finite Forms

• पीन (pīná, Past Participle)
• पीत (pītá, Past Participle)

Derived Nominal Forms

• पयस् (páyas)
• पीवन् (pī́van)
• पीवस् (pī́vas)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “पी”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 629, column 1.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 96-97
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “PAY^I¹”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 83-84
• Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “payⁱ [1]”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, page 376

Etymology 2

From the zero grade *ph₃- of Proto-Indo-European *peh₃- (“to drink”).

Root

पी • (pī)

1. Alternative form of पा (pā, “to drink”)