प्लुषि

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• প্লুষি (Assamese script)
• ᬧ᭄ᬮᬸᬱᬶ (Balinese script)
• প্লুষি (Bengali script)
• 𑰢𑰿𑰩𑰲𑰬𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀧𑁆𑀮𑀼𑀱𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• ပ္လုၑိ (Burmese script)
• પ્લુષિ (Gujarati script)
• ਪ੍ਲੁਸ਼ਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌪𑍍𑌲𑍁𑌷𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦥ꧀ꦭꦸꦰꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂣𑂹𑂪𑂳𑂭𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ಪ್ಲುಷಿ (Kannada script)
• ប្លុឞិ (Khmer script)
• ປ຺ລຸຩິ (Lao script)
• പ്ലുഷി (Malayalam script)
• ᢒᠯᡠᢢᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘢𑘿𑘩𑘳𑘬𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᢒᠯᠤᢔᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧂𑧠𑧉𑧔𑧌𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐥𑑂𑐮𑐸𑐲𑐶 (Newa script)
• ପ୍ଲୁଷି (Odia script)
• ꢦ꣄ꢭꢸꢰꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆥𑇀𑆬𑆶𑆰𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖢𑖿𑖩𑖲𑖬𑖰 (Siddham script)
• ප‍්ලුෂි (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩰 𑪙𑩽𑩒𑪀𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚞𑚶𑚥𑚰𑚮 (Takri script)
• ப்லுஷி (Tamil script)
• ప్లుషి (Telugu script)
• ปฺลุษิ (Thai script)
• པླུ་ཥི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒣𑓂𑒪𑒳𑒭𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨞𑩇𑨬𑨃𑨯𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *plúṣiṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *plúšiš, from Proto-Indo-European *plúsis (“flea”). Cognate with Latin pūlex, Ancient Greek ψύλλα (psúlla), Old English flēa (whence English flea).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /plú.ʂi/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈpl̪u.ʂi/

Noun

प्लुषि • (plúṣi) stem, m

1. a species of noxious insect

   a prajā́pataye púruṣān hastínā ā́labʰate vācé plúṣīn

Declension

Masculine i-stem declension of प्लुषि

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	प्लुषिः (pluṣiḥ)	प्लुषी (pluṣī)	प्लुषयः (pluṣayaḥ)
vocative	प्लुषे (pluṣe)	प्लुषी (pluṣī)	प्लुषयः (pluṣayaḥ)
accusative	प्लुषिम् (pluṣim)	प्लुषी (pluṣī)	प्लुषीन् (pluṣīn)
instrumental	प्लुषिणा (pluṣiṇā) प्लुष्या¹ (pluṣyā¹)	प्लुषिभ्याम् (pluṣibhyām)	प्लुषिभिः (pluṣibhiḥ)
dative	प्लुषये (pluṣaye)	प्लुषिभ्याम् (pluṣibhyām)	प्लुषिभ्यः (pluṣibhyaḥ)
ablative	प्लुषेः (pluṣeḥ) प्लुष्यः¹ (pluṣyaḥ¹)	प्लुषिभ्याम् (pluṣibhyām)	प्लुषिभ्यः (pluṣibhyaḥ)
genitive	प्लुषेः (pluṣeḥ) प्लुष्यः¹ (pluṣyaḥ¹)	प्लुष्योः (pluṣyoḥ)	प्लुषीणाम् (pluṣīṇām)
locative	प्लुषौ (pluṣau) प्लुषा¹ (pluṣā¹)	प्लुष्योः (pluṣyoḥ)	प्लुषिषु (pluṣiṣu)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

• Dardic:
  • Khowar: پُلُوݰوُ (pulúṣu)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “प्लुषि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0715.