पुंस्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *péwmōs ~ *pumsés. Related to Latin pūbēs.[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

पुंस् • (púṃs) stem, m

  1. a man, male being
    Synonyms: नृ (nṛ), पुरुष (puruṣa)
  2. (grammar) a masculine word
  3. a human being
  4. soul, spirit
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:आत्मन्
  5. a servant, attendant
Declension

Etymology 2

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Root

पुंस् • (puṃs)

  1. to crush, grind
  2. to pain, trouble, punish

References

  1. Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “púmām̐s”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 144
  2. De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “pūbēs”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 495

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