प्लु

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

প্লু (Assamese script)
ᬧ᭄ᬮᬸ (Balinese script)
প্লু (Bengali script)
𑰢𑰿𑰩𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀧𑁆𑀮𑀼 (Brahmi script)
ပ္လု (Burmese script)
પ્લુ (Gujarati script)
ਪ੍ਲੁ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌪𑍍𑌲𑍁 (Grantha script)
ꦥ꧀ꦭꦸ (Javanese script)
𑂣𑂹𑂪𑂳 (Kaithi script)
ಪ್ಲು (Kannada script)
ប្លុ (Khmer script)
ປ຺ລຸ (Lao script)
പ്ലു (Malayalam script)
ᢒᠯᡠ (Manchu script)
𑘢𑘿𑘩𑘳 (Modi script)
ᢒᠯᠤ (Mongolian script)
𑧂𑧠𑧉𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
𑐥𑑂𑐮𑐸 (Newa script)
ପ୍ଲୁ (Odia script)
ꢦ꣄ꢭꢸ (Saurashtra script)
𑆥𑇀𑆬𑆶 (Sharada script)
𑖢𑖿𑖩𑖲 (Siddham script)
ප‍්ලු (Sinhalese script)
𑩰 𑪙𑩽𑩒 (Soyombo script)
𑚞𑚶𑚥𑚰 (Takri script)
ப்லு (Tamil script)
ప్లు (Telugu script)
ปฺลุ (Thai script)
པླུ (Tibetan script)
𑒣𑓂𑒪𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
𑨞𑩇𑨬𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *plu-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *plu-, from Proto-Indo-European *plew- (“to fly, flow, run”). Cognate with English flow, float, Ancient Greek πλέω (pléō), Old Armenian լուանամ (luanam) and Russian плыть (plytʹ) ("to swim", "to float").

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /plu/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /pl̪u/

Root

प्लु • (plu)

to float
to sail

Derived terms

प्रप्लुत (prápluta, “dipped in water”)
प्लव (plavá, “swimming, floating”)
प्लवति (plávati, “sail, float”)
प्लवते (plávate, “sail, float”)
प्लावयति (plāvayati, “cause to float or sail”)
प्लुत (pluta, “flood”)
प्लुत (plutá, “floated, flown, leapt; overlong (of a vowel)”)
प्लुति (pluti, “flood, overflowing; leap, capering; prolation of a vowel”)

References

Monier Williams (1899) “प्लु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 715.

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