पू

Duruwa

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *pū.

Noun

पू (pū)

1. flower

Konkani

Etymology

From Sanskrit पूय (pūya, “pus”). Cognate with Bengali পূঁয (pũj).

Noun

पू • (pū) (Latin script pu, Kannada script ಪೂ)

1. discharge from a wound; pus

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• পূ (Assamese script)
• ᬧᬹ (Balinese script)
• পূ (Bengali script)
• 𑰢𑰳 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀧𑀽 (Brahmi script)
• ပူ (Burmese script)
• પૂ (Gujarati script)
• ਪੂ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌪𑍂 (Grantha script)
• ꦥꦹ (Javanese script)
• 𑂣𑂴 (Kaithi script)
• ಪೂ (Kannada script)
• បូ (Khmer script)
• ປູ (Lao script)
• പൂ (Malayalam script)
• ᢒᡠᡠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘢𑘴 (Modi script)
• ᢒᠤᠤ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧂𑧕 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐥𑐹 (Newa script)
• ପୂ (Odia script)
• ꢦꢹ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆥𑆷 (Sharada script)
• 𑖢𑖳 (Siddham script)
• පූ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩰𑩒𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚞𑚱 (Takri script)
• பூ (Tamil script)
• పూ (Telugu script)
• ปู (Thai script)
• པཱུ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒣𑒴 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨞𑨃𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pewH-.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /puː/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /puː/

Root

पू • (pū)

1. to purify, cleanse

Derived terms

• पवयति (pavayati, causative)
• पवित्र (pavitra)
• पुनाति (punāti)
• पुनीत (punīta)
• पूत (pūta)
• पूति (pūti)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “पू”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 640.