प्याऊ

Hindi

Alternative forms

• पौ (pau)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit आप्याय (āpyāya, “refreshing; filling”). Alternatively, from प्याना (pyānā, “to cause/give to drink”) +‎ -ऊ (-ū), the first term being an alternative form of पिलाना (pilānā).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /pjɑː.uː/, [pjäː.uː]

Noun

प्याऊ • (pyāū) m

1. pyau, a stand offering water on the roadside

Declension

Declension of प्याऊ (masc ind ū-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	प्याऊ pyāū	प्याऊ pyāū
oblique	प्याऊ pyāū	प्याउओं pyāuõ
vocative	प्याऊ pyāū	प्याउओ pyāuo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “प्याऊ”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “āpyāya”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press