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पृथिवी

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From Proto-Indo-Iranian *pr̥tHwíH, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥th₂-éwih₂ (“broad land, country”), from *pléth₂us (“flat, broad”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬞𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬚𐬡𐬍 (pərəθβī), Proto-Celtic *ɸlitawī. Related to पृथु (pṛthú).

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पृथिवी • (pṛthivī́) stem, f

  1. the earth or the wide world
    • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 5.83.5:
      यस्य व्रते पृथिवी नन्नमीति यस्य व्रते शफवज्जर्भुरीति।
      यस्य व्रत ओषधीर्विश्वरूपाः स नः पर्जन्य महि शर्म यच्छ॥
      yasya vrate pṛthivī nannamīti yasya vrate śaphavajjarbhurīti.
      yasya vrata oṣadhīrviśvarūpāḥ sa naḥ parjanya mahi śarma yaccha.
      Thou at whose bidding earth bows low before thee, at whose command hoofed cattle quiver in terror
      At whose behest the plants assume all colours, even thou Parjanya, yield us great protection.
  2. land, ground, soil

Declension edit

Feminine ī-stem declension of पृथिवी (pṛthivī́)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative पृथिवी
pṛthivī́ 		पृथिव्यौ / पृथिवी¹
pṛthivyaù / pṛthivī́¹ 		पृथिव्यः / पृथिवीः¹
pṛthivyàḥ / pṛthivī́ḥ¹
Vocative पृथिवि
pṛ́thivi 		पृथिव्यौ / पृथिवी¹
pṛ́thivyau / pṛ́thivī¹ 		पृथिव्यः / पृथिवीः¹
pṛ́thivyaḥ / pṛ́thivīḥ¹
Accusative पृथिवीम्
pṛthivī́m 		पृथिव्यौ / पृथिवी¹
pṛthivyaù / pṛthivī́¹ 		पृथिवीः
pṛthivī́ḥ
Instrumental पृथिव्या
pṛthivyā́ 		पृथिवीभ्याम्
pṛthivī́bhyām 		पृथिवीभिः
pṛthivī́bhiḥ
Dative पृथिव्यै
pṛthivyaí 		पृथिवीभ्याम्
pṛthivī́bhyām 		पृथिवीभ्यः
pṛthivī́bhyaḥ
Ablative पृथिव्याः / पृथिव्यै²
pṛthivyā́ḥ / pṛthivyaí² 		पृथिवीभ्याम्
pṛthivī́bhyām 		पृथिवीभ्यः
pṛthivī́bhyaḥ
Genitive पृथिव्याः / पृथिव्यै²
pṛthivyā́ḥ / pṛthivyaí² 		पृथिव्योः
pṛthivyóḥ 		पृथिवीनाम्
pṛthivī́nām
Locative पृथिव्याम्
pṛthivyā́m 		पृथिव्योः
pṛthivyóḥ 		पृथिवीषु
pṛthivī́ṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic
  • ²Brāhmaṇas

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