पुरुष
Hindi
Etymology
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /pʊ.ɾʊʂ/, [pʊ.ɾʊʃ]
Noun
पुरुष • (puruṣ) m (Urdu spelling پرش)
Declension
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Related terms
- तत्पुरुष (tatpuruṣ)
Further reading
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “पुरुष”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Marathi
Etymology
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value). Compare Old Marathi 𑘢𑘳𑘨𑘳𑘏 (purukha), 𑘢𑘳𑘨𑘳𑘬 (puruṣa).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pu.ɾuʂ/, [pu.ɾuːʂ]
Further reading
- Berntsen, Maxine, “पुरुष”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “पुरुष”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
- दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950), “पुरुष”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
- पूरुष (pū́ruṣa)
Alternative scripts
- ᬧᬸᬭᬸᬱ (Balinese script)
- পুৰুষ (Assamese script)
- পুরুষ (Bengali script)
- 𑰢𑰲𑰨𑰲𑰬 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀼𑀱 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌪𑍁𑌰𑍁𑌷 (Grantha script)
- પુરુષ (Gujarati script)
- ਪੁਰੁਸ਼ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦥꦸꦫꦸꦰ (Javanese script)
- បុរុឞ (Khmer script)
- ಪುರುಷ (Kannada script)
- ປຸຣຸຩ (Lao script)
- പുരുഷ (Malayalam script)
- 𑘢𑘳𑘨𑘳𑘬 (Modi script)
- ᢒᠤᠷᠤᢔᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- ᢒᡠᡵᡠᢢᠠ (Manchu script)
- ပုရုၑ (Burmese script)
- 𑧂𑧔𑧈𑧔𑧌 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐥𑐸𑐬𑐸𑐲 (Newa script)
- ପୁରୁଷ (Odia script)
- ꢦꢸꢬꢸꢰ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆥𑆶𑆫𑆶𑆰 (Sharada script)
- 𑖢𑖲𑖨𑗜𑖬 (Siddham script)
- පුරුෂ (Sinhalese script)
- புருஷ (Tamil script)
- పురుష (Telugu script)
- ปุรุษ (Thai script)
- པུ་རུ་ཥ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒣𑒳𑒩𑒳𑒭 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
Probably an alteration of *pū́rṣa by analogy with mánuṣa, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *perh₃- (“to produce, beget”). Cognate with Pali purisa, Ashokan Prakrit 𑀧𑀼𑀮𑀺𑀲 (pulisa, “man”), Magadhi Prakrit 𑀧𑀼𑀮𑀺𑀰 (puliśa). Further related to Latin pariō (“to spawn, to beget”).[1]
Noun
पुरुष • (púruṣa) stem, m
- man, male, human being
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.165.3:
- हेतिः पक्षिणी न दभात्यस्मानाष्ट्र्यां पदं कृणुते अग्निधाने ।
शं नो गोभ्यश्च पुरुषेभ्यश्चास्तु मा नो हिंसीदिह देवाः कपोतः ॥- hetiḥ pakṣiṇī na dabhātyasmānāṣṭryāṃ padaṃ kṛṇute agnidhāne .
śaṃ no gobhyaśca puruṣebhyaścāstu mā no hiṃsīdiha devāḥ kapotaḥ . - Let not the winged Arrow distract us: beside the fire-place, on the hearth it settles.
May, it bring welfare to our men and cattle: here let the Dove, ye Gods, forbear to harm us.
- hetiḥ pakṣiṇī na dabhātyasmānāṣṭryāṃ padaṃ kṛṇute agnidhāne .
- हेतिः पक्षिणी न दभात्यस्मानाष्ट्र्यां पदं कृणुते अग्निधाने ।
- person, officer, functionary, attendant, servant
- a member or representative of a race or generation
- the height or measure of a man
- the pupil of the eye
- the primaeval man as the soul and original source of the universe
- the personal and animating principle in men and other beings, the soul or spirit
- the Supreme Being or Soul of the universe
- the Spirit as passive and a spectator of the creative force (prakṛti)
- the "spirit" or fragrant exhalation of plants
- name of the divine or active principles from the minute portions of which the universe was formed
- name of a metrical foot in the mahanamni verses
- name of the 1st, 3rd, 5th, 7th, 9th and 11th signs of the zodiac
- name of the Brahmans of the Krauncha or "mountain" dvipa
Declension
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Descendants
- Dardic:
- Prakrits:
- Hindustani:
- Hindi: पुरुख (purukh)
- Urdu: پُرُکھ (purukh)
- → Assamese: পুৰুষ (purux)
- → Bengali: পুরুষ (puruś)
- → Gujarati: પુરુષ (puruṣ)
- Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
- → Urdu: پرش (puruś)
- → Kannada: ಪುರುಷ (puruṣa)
- → Khmer: ប្រុស (proh)
- → Lao: ບຸຣຸດ (bu rut)
- → Old Marathi:
- Devanagari script: पुरुख (purukha), Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
- Modi script: 𑘢𑘳𑘨𑘳𑘏 (purukha), 𑘢𑘳𑘨𑘳𑘬 (puruṣa)
- Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
- → Tamil: புருஷன் (puruṣaṉ, “husband, man, manhood, life, people”)
- → Telugu: పురుషుడు (puruṣuḍu)
- → Thai: บุรุษ (bù-rùt)
- → Sinhalese: පුරුෂ (puruṣa)
References
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), “púruṣa”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 150