प्लीहन्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• प्लिहन् (plihán)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• প্লীহন্ (Assamese script)
• ᬧ᭄ᬮᬷᬳᬦ᭄ (Balinese script)
• প্লীহন্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰢𑰿𑰩𑰱𑰮𑰡𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀧𑁆𑀮𑀻𑀳𑀦𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ပ္လီဟန် (Burmese script)
• પ્લીહન્ (Gujarati script)
• ਪ੍ਲੀਹਨ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌪𑍍𑌲𑍀𑌹𑌨𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦥ꧀ꦭꦷꦲꦤ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂣𑂹𑂪𑂲𑂯𑂢𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಪ್ಲೀಹೝ (Kannada script)
• ប្លីហន៑ (Khmer script)
• ປ຺ລີຫນ຺ (Lao script)
• പ്ലീഹന് (Malayalam script)
• ᢒᠯᡳᡳᡥᠠᠨ (Manchu script)
• 𑘢𑘿𑘩𑘲𑘮𑘡𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᢒᠯᠢᠢᠾᠠᠨ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧂𑧠𑧉𑧓𑧎𑧁𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐥𑑂𑐮𑐷𑐴𑐣𑑂 (Newa script)
• ପ୍ଲୀହନ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢦ꣄ꢭꢷꢲꢥ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆥𑇀𑆬𑆵𑆲𑆤𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖢𑖿𑖩𑖱𑖮𑖡𑖿 (Siddham script)
• ප‍්ලීහන් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩰 𑪙𑩽𑩑𑩛𑪂𑩯 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚞𑚶𑚥𑚯𑚩𑚝𑚶 (Takri script)
• ப்லீஹந் (Tamil script)
• ప్లీహౝ (Telugu script)
• ปฺลีหนฺ (Thai script)
• པླཱི་ཧ་ན྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒣𑓂𑒪𑒲𑒯𑒢𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨞𑩇𑨬𑨁𑨊𑨱𑨝𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *spliHȷ́ʰā́, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pli(H)ǵʰḗn. Cognate with Ancient Greek σπλήν (splḗn) (whence English spleen), Latin lien, Avestan 𐬯𐬞𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬀𐬥 (spər^əzan), Old Armenian փայծաղն (pʻaycałn), Russian селезёнка (selezjónka), Lithuanian blužnis, Persian اسپرز (esporz).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pliː.ɦɐ́n/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈpl̪iː.ɦɐn̪/

Noun

प्लीहन् • (plīhán) stem, m

1. the spleen
   • c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda 2.33.3:

     हृदयात्ते परि क्लोम्नो हलीक्ष्णात्पार्श्वाभ्याम् ।
     यक्ष्मं मतस्नाभ्यां प्लीह्नो यक्नस्ते वि वृहामसि ॥

     hṛdayātte pari klomno halīkṣṇātpārśvābhyām.
     yakṣmaṃ matasnābhyāṃ plīhno yaknaste vi vṛhāmasi.

     Forth from thy heart and from thy lungs, from thy gall-bladder and thy sides,
     From kidneys, spleen and liver thy malady we uproot.

   • c. 700 BCE, Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa

Declension

Masculine an-stem declension of प्लीहन् (plīhán)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	प्लीहा plīhā́	प्लीहानौ / प्लीहाना¹ plīhā́nau / plīhā́nā¹	प्लीहानः plīhā́naḥ
Vocative	प्लीहन् plī́han	प्लीहानौ / प्लीहाना¹ plī́hānau / plī́hānā¹	प्लीहानः plī́hānaḥ
Accusative	प्लीहानम् plīhā́nam	प्लीहानौ / प्लीहाना¹ plīhā́nau / plīhā́nā¹	प्लीह्नः plīhnáḥ
Instrumental	प्लीह्ना plīhnā́	प्लीहभ्याम् plīhábhyām	प्लीहभिः plīhábhiḥ
Dative	प्लीह्ने plīhné	प्लीहभ्याम् plīhábhyām	प्लीहभ्यः plīhábhyaḥ
Ablative	प्लीह्नः plīhnáḥ	प्लीहभ्याम् plīhábhyām	प्लीहभ्यः plīhábhyaḥ
Genitive	प्लीह्नः plīhnáḥ	प्लीह्नोः plīhnóḥ	प्लीह्नाम् plīhnā́m
Locative	प्लीह्नि / प्लीहनि / प्लीहन्¹ plīhní / plīháni / plīhán¹	प्लीह्नोः plīhnóḥ	प्लीहसु plīhásu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Hindi: फिया (phiyā)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “प्लीहन्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 715/1.