पिंड

Hindi

Alternative forms

• पिण्ड (piṇḍ)

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit पिण्ड (piṇḍa).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /pɪɳɖ/, [pɪ̃ɳɖ]

Noun

पिंड • (piṇḍ) m

1. lump, ball, something round

   नेत्र-पिंड ― netra-piṇḍ ― eyeball

2. (Hinduism) pind (ball of rice and ghee offered to one's ancestors)
3. body

   Synonyms: शरीर (śarīr), देह (deh), बदन (badan)

Declension

Declension of पिंड (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	पिंड piṇḍ	पिंड piṇḍ
oblique	पिंड piṇḍ	पिंडों piṇḍõ
vocative	पिंड piṇḍ	पिंडो piṇḍo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “पिंड”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press