पुंस्

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Sanskrit

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Alternative forms

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Indo-European *péwmōs ~ *pumsés. Related to Latin pūbēs.[1][2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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पुंस् (púṃs) stemm

  1. a man, male being
    Synonyms: नृ (nṛ), पुरुष (puruṣa)
  2. (grammar) a masculine word
  3. a human being
  4. soul, spirit
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:आत्मन्
  5. a servant, attendant
Declension
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Etymology 2

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Root

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पुंस् (puṃs)

  1. to crush, grind
  2. to pain, trouble, punish

References

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  1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “púmām̐s”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 144
  2. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “pūbēs”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 495

Further reading

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