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) IPA^(key): /ˈpuːɾ.ɳɐ.mɑːs̪/

Noun

पूर्णमास् • (pūrṇámās) stem, m

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

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