पिपासा

Hindi

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *peh₃-

Sanskrit पा (pā)

Sanskrit पिपासा (pipāsā)bor.

Hindi पिपासा (pipāsā)

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit पिपासा (pipāsā́). Doublet of प्यास (pyās).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /pɪ.pɑː.sɑː/, [pɪ.päː.säː]

Noun

पिपासा • (pipāsā) f (Urdu spelling پپاسا)

1. (rare, formal) thirst

Declension

Declension of पिपासा (fem ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	पिपासा pipāsā	पिपासाएँ pipāsāẽ
oblique	पिपासा pipāsā	पिपासाओं pipāsāõ
vocative	पिपासा pipāsā	पिपासाओ pipāsāo

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “पिपासा”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “पिपासा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884) “पिपासा”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• pipāsā (Latin script)
• 𑀧𑀺𑀧𑀸𑀲𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• পিপাসা (Bengali script)
• පිපාසා (Sinhalese script)
• ပိပါသာ or ပိပႃသႃ (Burmese script)
• ปิปาสา (Thai script)
• ᨷᩥᨷᩤᩈᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• ປິປາສາ (Lao script)
• បិបាសា (Khmer script)
• 𑄛𑄨𑄛𑄂𑄥𑄂 (Chakma script)

Noun

पिपासा f

1. Devanagari script form of pipāsā (“thirst”)

Declension

Declension table of "पिपासा" (feminine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	पिपासा (pipāsā)	पिपासायो (pipāsāyo) or पिपासा (pipāsā)
Accusative (second)	पिपासं (pipāsaṃ)	पिपासायो (pipāsāyo) or पिपासा (pipāsā)
Instrumental (third)	पिपासाय (pipāsāya)	पिपासाहि (pipāsāhi) or पिपासाभि (pipāsābhi)
Dative (fourth)	पिपासाय (pipāsāya)	पिपासानं (pipāsānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	पिपासाय (pipāsāya)	पिपासाहि (pipāsāhi) or पिपासाभि (pipāsābhi)
Genitive (sixth)	पिपासाय (pipāsāya)	पिपासानं (pipāsānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	पिपासाय (pipāsāya) or पिपासायं (pipāsāyaṃ)	पिपासासु (pipāsāsu)
Vocative (calling)	पिपासे (pipāse)	पिपासायो (pipāsāyo) or पिपासा (pipāsā)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• পিপাসা (Assamese script)
• ᬧᬶᬧᬵᬲᬵ (Balinese script)
• পিপাসা (Bengali script)
• 𑰢𑰰𑰢𑰯𑰭𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀧𑀺𑀧𑀸𑀲𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ပိပါသာ (Burmese script)
• પિપાસા (Gujarati script)
• ਪਿਪਾਸਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌪𑌿𑌪𑌾𑌸𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦥꦶꦥꦴꦱꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂣𑂱𑂣𑂰𑂮𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಪಿಪಾಸಾ (Kannada script)
• បិបាសា (Khmer script)
• ປິປາສາ (Lao script)
• പിപാസാ (Malayalam script)
• ᢒᡳᢒᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠰ᠌ᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘢𑘱𑘢𑘰𑘭𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᢒᠢᢒᠠᢗᠰᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧂𑧒𑧂𑧑𑧍𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐥𑐶𑐥𑐵𑐳𑐵 (Newa script)
• ପିପାସା (Odia script)
• ꢦꢶꢦꢵꢱꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆥𑆴𑆥𑆳𑆱𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖢𑖰𑖢𑖯𑖭𑖯 (Siddham script)
• පිපාසා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩰𑩑𑩰𑩛𑪁𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚞𑚮𑚞𑚭𑚨𑚭 (Takri script)
• பிபாஸா (Tamil script)
• పిపాసా (Telugu script)
• ปิปาสา (Thai script)
• པི་པཱ་སཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒣𑒱𑒣𑒰𑒮𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨞𑨁𑨞𑨊𑨰𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Derived from पिपासति (pipāsati, “wishes to drink”, desiderative), from the root पा (pā, “to drink”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pi.pɑː.sɑ́ː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /piˈpɑː.s̪ɑː/

Noun

पिपासा • (pipāsā́) stem, f

1. thirst
   • c. 700 BCE, Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa 12.2.3.12:

     तानि वा एतानि यज्ञारण्यानि यज्ञकृंतत्राणि। तानि शतं शतं रथाह्न्यानि। अन्तरेण तानि ये विद्वांस उपयन्ति। यथाऽऽरण्यान्यां मुग्धाँश्चरतोऽशनाया वा पिपासा वा पाप्मानो रक्षांसि सचेरन्। एवं हैवैनानशनाया वा पिपासा वा पाप्मानो रक्षांसि सचंते। अथ ये विद्वांसो यथा प्रवाहात्प्रवाहं अभयादभयम्। एवं हैव ते देवतायै देवतामुपसंयन्ति। ते स्वस्ति स्वर्गं लोकं समश्नुवते॥

     tāni vā etāni yajñāraṇyāni yajñakṛṃtatrāṇi. tāni śataṃ śataṃ rathāhnyāni. antareṇa tāni ye vidvāṃsa upayanti. yathāʼʼraṇyānyāṃ mugdhām̐ścaratoʼśanāyā vā pipāsā vā pāpmāno rakṣāṃsi saceran. evaṃ haivainānaśanāyā vā pipāsā vā pāpmāno rakṣāṃsi sacaṃte. atha ye vidvāṃso yathā pravāhātpravāhaṃ abhayādabhayam. evaṃ haiva te devatāyai devatāmupasaṃyanti. te svasti svargaṃ lokaṃ samaśnuvate.

     Such, indeed, are the wilds and ravines of yajña, and they take hundreds upon hundreds of days’ carriage-drives; and if any venture into them without knowledge, then hunger or thirst, evil-doers and demons harass them, like demons would harass foolish men wandering in a wild forest; but if those who know this do so, they pass from one duty to another, as from one stream into another, and from one safe place to another, and obtain well-being, the world of heaven.

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of पिपासा (pipāsā́)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	पिपासा pipāsā́	पिपासे pipāsé	पिपासाः pipāsā́ḥ
Vocative	पिपासे pípāse	पिपासे pípāse	पिपासाः pípāsāḥ
Accusative	पिपासाम् pipāsā́m	पिपासे pipāsé	पिपासाः pipāsā́ḥ
Instrumental	पिपासया / पिपासा¹ pipāsáyā / pipāsā́¹	पिपासाभ्याम् pipāsā́bhyām	पिपासाभिः pipāsā́bhiḥ
Dative	पिपासायै pipāsā́yai	पिपासाभ्याम् pipāsā́bhyām	पिपासाभ्यः pipāsā́bhyaḥ
Ablative	पिपासायाः / पिपासायै² pipāsā́yāḥ / pipāsā́yai²	पिपासाभ्याम् pipāsā́bhyām	पिपासाभ्यः pipāsā́bhyaḥ
Genitive	पिपासायाः / पिपासायै² pipāsā́yāḥ / pipāsā́yai²	पिपासयोः pipāsáyoḥ	पिपासानाम् pipāsā́nām
Locative	पिपासायाम् pipāsā́yām	पिपासयोः pipāsáyoḥ	पिपासासु pipāsā́su
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

• Pali: pipāsā
• Prakrit: 𑀧𑀺𑀯𑀸𑀲𑀸 (pivāsā) (see there for further descendants)
• → Hindustani:
  • Hindi: पिपासा (pipāsā)
  • Urdu: پِپَاسَا (pipāsā)
• → Kannada: ಪಿಪಾಸು (pipāsu)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “पिपासा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 627.