पृथिवी

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• पृथ्वी (pṛthvī)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• পৃথিৱী (Assamese script)
• ᬧᬺᬣᬶᬯᬷ (Balinese script)
• পৃথিবী (Bengali script)
• 𑰢𑰴𑰞𑰰𑰪𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀧𑀾𑀣𑀺𑀯𑀻 (Brahmi script)
• ပၖထိဝီ (Burmese script)
• પૃથિવી (Gujarati script)
• ਪ੍ਰਥਿਵੀ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌪𑍃𑌥𑌿𑌵𑍀 (Grantha script)
• ꦥꦽꦡꦶꦮꦷ (Javanese script)
• 𑂣𑃂𑂟𑂱𑂫𑂲 (Kaithi script)
• ಪೃಥಿವೀ (Kannada script)
• ប្ឫថិវី (Khmer script)
• ປ຺ຣິຖິວີ (Lao script)
• പൃഥിവീ (Malayalam script)
• ᢒᡵᡳᡨᡳᠸᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘢𑘵𑘞𑘱𑘪𑘲 (Modi script)
• ᢒᠷᠢᠲᠢᠸᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧂𑧖𑦾𑧒𑧊𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐥𑐺𑐠𑐶𑐰𑐷 (Newa script)
• ପୃଥିଵୀ (Odia script)
• ꢦꢺꢢꢶꢮꢷ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆥𑆸𑆡𑆴𑆮𑆵 (Sharada script)
• 𑖢𑖴𑖞𑖰𑖪𑖱 (Siddham script)
• පෘථිවී (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩰𑩙𑩬𑩑𑩾𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚞𑚚𑚮𑚦𑚯 (Takri script)
• ப்ரிதி²வீ (Tamil script)
• పృథివీ (Telugu script)
• ปฺฤถิวี (Thai script)
• པྲྀ་ཐི་ཝཱི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒣𑒵𑒟𑒱𑒫𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨞𑨼𑨉𑨚𑨁𑨭𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *pr̥tHwíH, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥th₂-éwih₂ (“broad land, country”), from *pléth₂us (“flat, broad”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬞𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬚𐬡𐬍 (pər^əθβī), Proto-Celtic *ɸlitawī. Related to पृथु (pṛthú).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pr̩.tʰi.ʋíː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈpr̩.t̪ʰi.ʋiː/

Noun

पृथिवी • (pṛthivī́) stem, f

1. the earth or the wide world
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 5.83.5:

     यस्य॑ व्र॒ते पृ॑थि॒वी नन्न॑मीति॒ यस्य॑ व्र॒ते श॒फव॒ज्जर्भु॑रीति।
     यस्य॑ व्र॒त ओष॑धीर्वि॒श्वरू॑पा॒: स न॑: पर्जन्य॒ महि॒ शर्म॑ यच्छ॥

     yásya vraté pṛthivī́ nánnamīti yásya vraté śaphávajjárbhurīti.
     yásya vratá óṣadhīrviśvárūpā: sá na: parjanya máhi śárma yaccha.

     Do you, Parjanya, through whose function the earth is bowed down; through whose function hoofed cattle thrive; through whose function plants assume all kinds of forms, grant us great felicity.

2. land, ground, soil
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda

Declension

Feminine ī-stem declension of पृथिवी (pṛthivī́)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	पृथिवी pṛthivī́	पृथिव्यौ / पृथिवी¹ pṛthivyaù / pṛthivī́¹	पृथिव्यः / पृथिवीः¹ pṛthivyàḥ / pṛthivī́ḥ¹
Vocative	पृथिवि pṛ́thivi	पृथिव्यौ / पृथिवी¹ pṛ́thivyau / pṛ́thivī¹	पृथिव्यः / पृथिवीः¹ pṛ́thivyaḥ / pṛ́thivīḥ¹
Accusative	पृथिवीम् pṛthivī́m	पृथिव्यौ / पृथिवी¹ pṛthivyaù / pṛthivī́¹	पृथिवीः pṛthivī́ḥ
Instrumental	पृथिव्या pṛthivyā́	पृथिवीभ्याम् pṛthivī́bhyām	पृथिवीभिः pṛthivī́bhiḥ
Dative	पृथिव्यै pṛthivyaí	पृथिवीभ्याम् pṛthivī́bhyām	पृथिवीभ्यः pṛthivī́bhyaḥ
Ablative	पृथिव्याः / पृथिव्यै² pṛthivyā́ḥ / pṛthivyaí²	पृथिवीभ्याम् pṛthivī́bhyām	पृथिवीभ्यः pṛthivī́bhyaḥ
Genitive	पृथिव्याः / पृथिव्यै² pṛthivyā́ḥ / pṛthivyaí²	पृथिव्योः pṛthivyóḥ	पृथिवीनाम् pṛthivī́nām
Locative	पृथिव्याम् pṛthivyā́m	पृथिव्योः pṛthivyóḥ	पृथिवीषु pṛthivī́ṣu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

Derived terms

• पार्थिव (pā́rthiva)

Descendants

• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀧𑀼𑀳𑀯𑀻 (puhavī)
• Pali: paṭhavī, pathavī, puthavī, puthuvī, puṭhuvī
• Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀧𑀼𑀠𑀯𑀻 (puḍhavī)
  • Old Awadhi: पुहुमि (puhumi)
  • Old Gujarati: पुहवी (puhavī)
• Tamil: பிருதிவி (pirutivi)