Puy, Pūy: 11 definitions
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Puy means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Hindi, Tamil. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Pūy (पूय्).—1 U. (pūyati-te)
1) To stink, putrefy,
2) To split up, divide.
3) To be dissolved or destroyed; श्रद्दधानस्य पूयन्ते सर्वपापान्यशेषतः (śraddadhānasya pūyante sarvapāpānyaśeṣataḥ) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 1.1.254; (considered by some to be 4 Ā. also).
Pūy (पूय्).—[(ī)pūyī] r. 1st cl. (pūyate) 1. To split or cleave. 2. To stink. durgandhe aka0 bhedane viśaraṇeca saka0 divā0 ātma0 seṭ .
Pūy (पूय्).—i. 1, [Ātmanepada.] 1. To become putrid, to stink. 2. To putrefy. 3. To be dissolved. pūta, see pū.
— Cf. [Gothic.] fūls, and [Anglo-Saxon.] fúl; etc., etc.; [Latin] pŭter, putris, putrescere, pŭdere, repudium, repudiare, probably also fœtor, etc.
Pūy (पूय्).—pūyati become foul or putrid, stink.
1) Pūy (पूय्):—[class] 1. [Parasmaipada] pūyati ([Taittirīya-saṃhitā; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa] etc.), [Ātmanepada] pūyate ([Dhātupāṭha xiv, 13]), to become foul or putrid, stink.
2) cf. [Zend] pū, puiti; [Greek] πύον, πύθω ; [Latin] pūs, pūteo; [Lithuanian] púti; [Gothic] fūls; [German] faul; [English] foul.
Pūy (पूय्):—(ṅa, ī) pūyyate 1. d. To split or cleave; to be fetid.
Pūy (पूय्):—, pūyati (pūyate [DHĀTUP. 14, 13]) faul werden, stinken: yatpūyati.tatpravā.e viṣajanti [Taittirīyasaṃhitā 6, 4, 7, 2. 5, 3, 1, 1.] [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 4, 1, 1, 13. 7, 3, 1, 45. 9, 5, 2, 14. 14, 8, 13, 1.] [Aśvalāyana’s Śrautasūtrāni 5, 4.] — ā stinkend werden [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 4, 1, 3, 6.] anāpūyita nicht von Fäulniss angesteckt [1, 1, 3, 5.]
Pūy (पूय्):—, pūyati , pūyate faul werden , stinken. — Mit ā stinkend werden.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Hindi dictionary
Puy in Hindi refers in English to:—(nm) pus, purulent matter..—puy (पूय) is alternatively transliterated as Pūya.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Puy (ಪುಯ್):—[noun] that which is not true; a false idea or conception; a belief or opinion not in accord with the facts; illusion.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Tamil dictionary
Puy (புய்) [puytal] 4 intransitive verb
1. To be pulled out, torn off, wrested; பறிக்கப்படுதல். புய்ந்து கால்போகிப் புலான் முகந்த வெண்குடை [parikkappaduthal. puynthu kalpogip pulan mugantha venkudai] (களவியற் நாற்பது [kalaviyar narpathu] 39).
2. To disappear; மறைதல். கோலப் பகற்களி றொன்றுகற் புய்ய [maraithal. kolap pagarkali ronrugar puyya] (நாலாயிர திவ்யப்பிரபந்தம் இயற். திருவிருத்தம் [nalayira thivyappirapandam iyar. thiruvirutham] 40).
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Puy (புய்) [puyttal] 11 transitive verb Causative of புய்¹-. [puy¹-.]
1. To extract, pull out, uproot; பறித்தல். புய்த் தெறி கரும்பின் விடுகழை [parithal. puyth theri karumbin vidugazhai] (புறநானூறு [purananuru] 28).
2. To produce, yield; பயத்தல். [payathal.] (W.)
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Pūy (பூய்) [pūyttal] 11 transitive verb See புய்²-. (திவா.) [puy²-. (thiva.)]
Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with (+8): Puya, Puya chilensis, Puya sodiroana, Puya-campavacuram, Puyabha, Puyabhuj, Puyacalam, Puyagandha, Puyagandhi, Puyakacanan, Puyakam, Puyakantakan, Puyalasa, Puyamutti, Puyancampa, Puyantaram, Puyapalam, Puyaparakkiramam, Puyapurnata, Puyarakta.
Full-text (+83): Puya, Puti, Apuy, Apuyita, Puyana, Tsingarifary, Sarongazala, Sarongaza, Sarifany, Tsingarifare, Marary, Sendrisendry, Kisendrisendry, Mararytoloha, Taintsindambo, Kelimanjakalanitra, Magnary, Tsimahamasabary, Fanivana, Taintsidambo.
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