पूल्य

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

পূল্য (Assamese script)
ᬧᬹᬮ᭄ᬬ (Balinese script)
পূল্য (Bengali script)
𑰢𑰳𑰩𑰿𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀧𑀽𑀮𑁆𑀬 (Brahmi script)
ပူလျ (Burmese script)
પૂલ્ય (Gujarati script)
ਪੂਲ੍ਯ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌪𑍂𑌲𑍍𑌯 (Grantha script)
ꦥꦹꦭꦾ (Javanese script)
𑂣𑂴𑂪𑂹𑂨 (Kaithi script)
ಪೂಲ್ಯ (Kannada script)
បូល្យ (Khmer script)
ປູລ຺ຍ (Lao script)
പൂല്യ (Malayalam script)
ᢒᡠᡠᠯᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘢𑘴𑘩𑘿𑘧 (Modi script)
ᢒᠤᠤᠯᠶ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
𑧂𑧕𑧉𑧠𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
𑐥𑐹𑐮𑑂𑐫 (Newa script)
ପୂଲ୍ଯ (Odia script)
ꢦꢹꢭ꣄ꢫ (Saurashtra script)
𑆥𑆷𑆬𑇀𑆪 (Sharada script)
𑖢𑖳𑖩𑖿𑖧 (Siddham script)
පූල්‍ය (Sinhalese script)
𑩰𑩒𑩛𑩽 𑪙𑩻 (Soyombo script)
𑚞𑚱𑚥𑚶𑚣 (Takri script)
பூல்ய (Tamil script)
పూల్య (Telugu script)
ปูลฺย (Thai script)
པཱུ་ལྱ (Tibetan script)
𑒣𑒴𑒪𑓂𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
𑨞𑨃𑨊𑨬𑩇𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Probably an l-extension of पूय (pūya, “pus”); compare German faul (“foul”) and Lithuanian pū́liai (“pus”). Alternatively, borrowed from a substrate.

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /puːl.jɐ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /puːl̪.jɐ/

Noun

पूल्य • (pūlya) stem, n

an empty or shriveled grain of corn

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of पूल्य
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	पूल्यम् (pūlyam)	पूल्ये (pūlye)	पूल्यानि (pūlyāni) पूल्या¹ (pūlyā¹)
vocative	पूल्य (pūlya)	पूल्ये (pūlye)	पूल्यानि (pūlyāni) पूल्या¹ (pūlyā¹)
accusative	पूल्यम् (pūlyam)	पूल्ये (pūlye)	पूल्यानि (pūlyāni) पूल्या¹ (pūlyā¹)
instrumental	पूल्येन (pūlyena)	पूल्याभ्याम् (pūlyābhyām)	पूल्यैः (pūlyaiḥ) पूल्येभिः¹ (pūlyebhiḥ¹)
dative	पूल्याय (pūlyāya)	पूल्याभ्याम् (pūlyābhyām)	पूल्येभ्यः (pūlyebhyaḥ)
ablative	पूल्यात् (pūlyāt)	पूल्याभ्याम् (pūlyābhyām)	पूल्येभ्यः (pūlyebhyaḥ)
genitive	पूल्यस्य (pūlyasya)	पूल्ययोः (pūlyayoḥ)	पूल्यानाम् (pūlyānām)
locative	पूल्ये (pūlye)	पूल्ययोः (pūlyayoḥ)	पूल्येषु (pūlyeṣu)

¹Vedic

References

Monier Williams (1899) “पूल्य”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 645/1.
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 158