पायस

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit पायस (pāyasa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɑː.jəs/

Noun

पायस • (pāyas) m (Urdu spelling پایس‎)

1. emulsion
2. kheer

   Synonym: खीर (khīr)

Etymology

From पयस् (payas), a noun designating fluids in general (eg rain, milk, juice...), from √पी (pī, “to drink”)

Noun

पायस • (pāyasa) n

1. milk
   • raghuvaṃśa 2.63

     मां केवालानां पायसां प्रसूतिम प्रसन्नां कामदुघां अवेहि न

     māṃ kevālānāṃ pāyasāṃ prasūtima prasannāṃ kāmadughāṃ avehi na

     As a mere (cow) producer or milk you ought to know me not, but as a granter of any desired thing if (I am) being pleased

2. food prepared with milk, especially boiled rice
3. the resin of the Pinus Longifolia
4. juice or sap in general

Synonyms

• (milk) निर्यास (niryāsa), क्षीर (kṣīra), दुग्ध (dugdha), रस (rasa)

Derived terms

• पायसापूप (pāyasāpūpa, “a type of cake made with milk and rice”)
• पायसिक (pāyasika, “fond of boiled milk”)
• पायसापिण्डारक (pāyasāpiṇḍāraka, “a monk or mendicant surviving on milk-derived products such as boiled rice”)

See also

• पीयते (pīyate)
• पयस (payasa)

References

• Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 619