पूर्णमास्

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *pr̥Hná-mā́Has ~ *pr̥Hná-mā́Hasas (“full moon”). Compare Avestan 𐬞𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬥𐬋-𐬨𐬂𐬢𐬵𐬀 (pər^ənō-måŋha, “full moon”), Middle Persian pwrm՚ẖ (purrmāh, “full moon”). See also पूर्णमास (pūrṇamāsa), attested in the Yajurveda. Equivalent to पूर्ण (pūrṇa, “full”) +‎ मास् (mās, “moon”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /puːɾ.ɳɐ́.mɑːs/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈpuːɾ.ɳɐ.mɑːs̪/

Noun

पूर्णमास् • (pūrṇámās) stem, m

1. full moon; the day or night of the full moon
   • c. 700 BCE, Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa 11.2.4.7:

     मन एव पूर्णमाः। पूर्णमिव हीदं मनो...

     mana eva pūrṇamāḥ. pūrṇamiva hīdaṃ mano...

     The full moon [represents] the mind, for full, as it were, is this mind...

Derived terms

• पूर्णिमा (pūrṇimā)

Descendants

Descendants

• Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀧𑀼𑀁𑀦𑀫𑀸𑀲𑀺𑀬𑀁 (puṃnamāsiyaṃ, locative)
• Pali: puṇṇamā
  • → Burmese: ပုဏ္ဏမာ (punna.ma)
• Prakrit: *puṇṇamā
  • Gujarati: પૂનમ (pūnam)
  • Hindustani:

    Hindi: पूनौं (pūna͠u), पूनो (pūno), पूनौ (pūnau), पूनम (pūnam)

    Urdu: پُونَو (pūnau), پُونَم (pūnam)

    • →^? Kotgarhi: पुन्नों
  • Jaunsari: पूनो (pūno)
  • Konkani: punav

    Devanagari script: पुनव

    Kannada script: ಪುನವ್

    Latin script: punou

  • Old Marathi:

    Devanagari script: पुनव (punava)

    Modi script: 𑘢𑘳𑘡𑘪 (punava)

    • Marathi: punav

      Devanagari script: पुनव

      Modi script: 𑘢𑘳𑘡𑘪

    • Varhadi: punav

      Devanagari script: पुनव

      Modi script: 𑘢𑘳𑘡𑘪

  • Sindhi: pūnãũ

    Arabic script: پوننئن

    Devanagari script: पूनंउं

    Khudawadi script: 𑋒𑋤𑋑𑋟𑊴𑋟

• → Tamil: பூரணமி (pūraṇami)

Further reading

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “pūrṇámās”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 472