पुण्य

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit पुण्य (puṇya).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /pʊɳ.jᵊ/, [pʊ̃ɳ.jᵊ]

Adjective

पुण्य • (puṇya) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling پُنْیَہ)

holy, sacred
पुण्य स्थल ― puṇya sthal ― shrine
laudable, meritorious
auspicious, fortunate

Noun

पुण्य • (puṇya) m

virtue; an act of virtue
boon, godsend, as a result of virtue

Declension

Declension of पुण्य (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	पुण्य puṇya	पुण्य puṇya
oblique	पुण्य puṇya	पुण्यों puṇyõ
vocative	पुण्य puṇya	पुण्यो puṇyo

References

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

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

পুণ্য (Assamese script)
ᬧᬸᬡ᭄ᬬ (Balinese script)
পুণ্য (Bengali script)
𑰢𑰲𑰜𑰿𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀧𑀼𑀡𑁆𑀬 (Brahmi script)
ပုဏျ (Burmese script)
પુણ્ય (Gujarati script)
ਪੁਣ੍ਯ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌪𑍁𑌣𑍍𑌯 (Grantha script)
ꦥꦸꦟꦾ (Javanese script)
𑂣𑂳𑂝𑂹𑂨 (Kaithi script)
ಪುಣ್ಯ (Kannada script)
បុណ្យ (Khmer script)
ປຸຓ຺ຍ (Lao script)
പുണ്യ (Malayalam script)
ᢒᡠᢏᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘢𑘳𑘜𑘿𑘧 (Modi script)
ᢒᠤᢏᠶ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
𑧂𑧔𑦼𑧠𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
𑐥𑐸𑐞𑑂𑐫 (Newa script)
ପୁଣ୍ଯ (Odia script)
ꢦꢸꢠ꣄ꢫ (Saurashtra script)
𑆥𑆶𑆟𑇀𑆪 (Sharada script)
𑖢𑖲𑖜𑖿𑖧 (Siddham script)
පුණ්‍ය (Sinhalese script)
𑩰𑩒𑩪 𑪙𑩻 (Soyombo script)
𑚞𑚰𑚘𑚶𑚣 (Takri script)
புண்ய (Tamil script)
పుణ్య (Telugu script)
ปุณฺย (Thai script)
པུ་ཎྱ (Tibetan script)
𑒣𑒳𑒝𑓂𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
𑨞𑨃𑨘𑩇𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Suspected, given the unconditioned retroflex, to be a substrate borrowing.

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /puɳ.jɐ/, [puj̃.jɐ]
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpuɳ.jɐ/

Noun

पुण्य • (puṇya) stem, n

the good or right, virtue, purity, good work, meritorious act, moral or religious merit

Descendants

→ Indonesian: punia
→ Hindi: पुण्य (puṇya)
→ Khmer: បុណ្យ (bon)
→ Lao: ບຸນ (bun)
→ Malayalam: പുണ്യം (puṇyaṁ)
→ Mongolian: буян (bujan)
→ Pali: puñña
→ Punjabi:
Gurmukhi script: ਪੁੰਨ (punn)

Shahmukhi script: پنّ (punn)
→ Telugu: పుణ్యము (puṇyamu)
→ Thai: บุญ (bun)
→ Burmese: ပုည (pu.nya.)

See also

पुण्यकुट (puṇyakuṭa, “a great multitude of meritorious acts”)
पुणति (puṇati, “to act piously or virtuosly”)
पुण्यकर्मन् (puṇyakarman), पुण्यकर्तृ (puṇyakartṛ, “someone who acts right, a virtuous person”)
पुण्यकीर्ति (puṇyakīrti, “bearing a good name, famous, celebrated”)

References

Monier Williams (1899) “पुण्य”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0632.
Substrate Languages in Old Indo-Aryan (Ṛgvedic, Middle and Late Vedic), M. WITZEL, 1999

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