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): /pr̩.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 ओष॑धीर्वि॒श्वरू॑पाः॒ स नः॑ पर्जन्य॒ महि॒ शर्म॑ यच्छ॥

     yásya vraté pṛthivī́ nánnamīti yásya vraté śaphávajjárbhurīti.
     yásya vratá óṣadhīrviśvárūpāḥ sá naḥ 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

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	पृथिवी (pṛthivī́)	पृथिव्यौ (pṛthivyaù) पृथिवी¹ (pṛthivī́¹)	पृथिव्यः (pṛthivyàḥ) पृथिवीः¹ (pṛthivī́ḥ¹)
vocative	पृथिवि (pṛ́thivi)	पृथिव्यौ (pṛ́thivyau) पृथिवी¹ (pṛ́thivī¹)	पृथिव्यः (pṛ́thivyaḥ) पृथिवीः¹ (pṛ́thivīḥ¹)
accusative	पृथिवीम् (pṛthivī́m)	पृथिव्यौ (pṛthivyaù) पृथिवी¹ (pṛthivī́¹)	पृथिवीः (pṛthivī́ḥ)
instrumental	पृथिव्या (pṛthivyā́)	पृथिवीभ्याम् (pṛthivī́bhyām)	पृथिवीभिः (pṛthivī́bhiḥ)
dative	पृथिव्यै (pṛthivyaí)	पृथिवीभ्याम् (pṛthivī́bhyām)	पृथिवीभ्यः (pṛthivī́bhyaḥ)
ablative	पृथिव्याः (pṛthivyā́ḥ) पृथिव्यै² (pṛthivyaí²)	पृथिवीभ्याम् (pṛthivī́bhyām)	पृथिवीभ्यः (pṛthivī́bhyaḥ)
genitive	पृथिव्याः (pṛthivyā́ḥ) पृथिव्यै² (pṛthivyaí²)	पृथिव्योः (pṛthivyóḥ)	पृथिवीनाम् (pṛthivī́nām)
locative	पृथिव्याम् (pṛthivyā́m)	पृथिव्योः (pṛthivyóḥ)	पृथिवीषु (pṛthivī́ṣu)

• 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)