पांनी

See also: पन, पान, पाना, पानी, पानो, पुनः, पेन, पैना, पौन, पौना, and पौने

Old Hindi

Alternative forms

• पांणीं (pā̃ṇī̃), पांणी (pā̃ṇī)

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Apabhramsa पाणिउ, from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀧𑀸𑀡𑀻𑀅 (pāṇīa), from Sanskrit पानीय (pānīya). Cognate with Old Punjabi ਪਾਣੀ (pāṇī), Old Gujarati पाणी (pāṇī), Old Marathi 𑘢𑘰𑘜𑘲 (pāṇī), Middle Bengali পানী (pani).

Noun

पांनी (pā̃nī)

1. water

   Synonyms: उदिक (udika), जल (jala), नीर (nīra)

   • c. 1420, Kabīr, Kabīr Vāṇī 363.2:

     माया मोह ममिता कौ घाल्यौ
     बूडि मूवो बिन पांनी

     māyā moha mamitā kau ghālyau
     būḍi mūvo bina pā̃nī

     tossed about by māyā, delusion and egoism
     [he] died having drowned without [even having fallen into the] water

Derived terms

• पांनी बिरोलना (pā̃nī birolanā, “to engage in useless activity”)

Descendants

• Braj: पानी (pānī), पाणी (pāṇī)
• Hindustani: pānī

  Deccani: پانی

  Hindi: पानी

  Urdu: پَانِی (pānī)

Further reading

• Jaroslav Strnad (2013) Morphology and Syntax of Old Hindī : Edition and Analysis of One Hundred Kabīr Vānī Poems From Rājasthān (Brill's Indological Library; 45), Leiden, →OCLC, page 546
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “pānīˊya”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 456