पू

Duruwa

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *pū.

Noun

पू (pū)

1. flower

Konkani

Etymology

From Sanskrit पूय (pūya, “pus”). Cognate with Bengali পূঁয (pũj).

Noun

पू • (pū) (Latin script pu, Kannada script ಪೂ)

1. discharge from a wound; pus

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• पव् (pav)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• পূ (Assamese script)
• ᬧᬹ (Balinese script)
• পূ (Bengali script)
• 𑰢𑰳 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀧𑀽 (Brahmi script)
• ပူ (Burmese script)
• પૂ (Gujarati script)
• ਪੂ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌪𑍂 (Grantha script)
• ꦥꦹ (Javanese script)
• 𑂣𑂴 (Kaithi script)
• ಪೂ (Kannada script)
• បូ (Khmer script)
• ປູ (Lao script)
• പൂ (Malayalam script)
• ᢒᡠᡠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘢𑘴 (Modi script)
• ᢒᠤᠤ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧂𑧕 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐥𑐹 (Newa script)
• ପୂ (Odia script)
• ꢦꢹ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆥𑆷 (Sharada script)
• 𑖢𑖳 (Siddham script)
• පූ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩰𑩒𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚞𑚱 (Takri script)
• பூ (Tamil script)
• పూ (Telugu script)
• ปู (Thai script)
• པཱུ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒣𑒴 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨞𑨃𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pewH-. Cognate with Latin pūrus.

Pronunciation

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

Root

पू • (pū)

1. to purify, cleanse
2. (middle voice) to purify one's self, be or become clear or bright

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root पू (0 c, 6 e)

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root पू (1 c, 0 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

• पुनाति (punā́ti, Present)
• पवते (pávate, Present)
• पविष्यति (paviṣyáti, Future)
• पविता (pavitā́, Periphrastic Future)
• अपावीत् (ápāvīt, Aorist)
• पुपाव (pupā́va, Perfect)

Secondary Forms

• पूयते (pūyáte, Passive)
• पवयति (paváyati, Causative)
• पावयति (pāváyati, Causative)
• अपीपवत् (ápīpavat, Causative Aorist)
• पाव्यते (pāvyáte, Passive of Causative)
• पुपूषति (pupūṣati, Desiderative)
• पिपविषति (pipaviṣati, Desiderative)
• पिपावयिषति (pipāvayiṣati, Desiderative of Causative)

Non-Finite Forms

• पूत (pūtá, Past Participle)
• पवित (pavita, Past Participle)
• पवितुम् (pavitum, Infinitive)
• पुपूतनि (pupūtáni, Infinitive)
• पूत्वा (pūtvā́, Gerund)
• पूत्वी (pūtvī́, Gerund)
• पवित्वा (pavitvā, Gerund)
• पूय (pū́ya, Gerund)
• पावम् (pāvam, Gerund)

Derived Nominal Forms

• पवन (pávana)
• पवयितृ (pavayitṛ́)
• पवा (pavā́)
• पवितृ (pavitṛ́)
• पवित्र (pavítra)
• पवीतृ (pavītṛ́)
• पावक (pāvaká)
• पावन (pāvana)
• पू (pū)
• पूति (pū́ti)
• पूत्रिम (pūtríma)
• पोतृ (pótṛ)
• पोत्र (potrá)

Prefixed Root Forms

• अतिपू (atipū)
• अनुपू (anupū)
• अभिपू (abhipū)
• आपू (āpū)
• उत्पू (utpū)
• निष्पू (niṣpū)
• परापू (parāpū)
• परिपू (paripū)
• विपू (vipū)
• सम्पू (sampū)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “पू”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 640, column 3.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 99
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “pū”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “PAV^I”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 105-7
• Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 480