Sanskrit

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Alternative scripts

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Etymology

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Of uncertain origin. The original meaning is either "size, measure" (for which compare especially पल (pala, a measure of weight)), or "skin, leather" (for which compare Ancient Greek πέλλα (pélla, bowl), पालवी (pālavī, a kind of vessel)).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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पल्य (palya) stemn

  1. a sack for corn (probably containing a certain measure)
  2. a particularly high number

Declension

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Neuter a-stem declension of पल्य (palya)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative पल्यम्
palyam
पल्ये
palye
पल्यानि / पल्या¹
palyāni / palyā¹
Vocative पल्य
palya
पल्ये
palye
पल्यानि / पल्या¹
palyāni / palyā¹
Accusative पल्यम्
palyam
पल्ये
palye
पल्यानि / पल्या¹
palyāni / palyā¹
Instrumental पल्येन
palyena
पल्याभ्याम्
palyābhyām
पल्यैः / पल्येभिः¹
palyaiḥ / palyebhiḥ¹
Dative पल्याय
palyāya
पल्याभ्याम्
palyābhyām
पल्येभ्यः
palyebhyaḥ
Ablative पल्यात्
palyāt
पल्याभ्याम्
palyābhyām
पल्येभ्यः
palyebhyaḥ
Genitive पल्यस्य
palyasya
पल्ययोः
palyayoḥ
पल्यानाम्
palyānām
Locative पल्ये
palye
पल्ययोः
palyayoḥ
पल्येषु
palyeṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

References

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  • Monier Williams (1899) “पल्य”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 609/3.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 104
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎[2] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 235