पुण्य

Etymology

From Sanskrit पुण्य (puṇya).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʊnj/

Adjective

पुण्य • (puṇya) (Urdu spelling پنيه‎)

1. holy, sacred

   पुण्य स्थल ― puṇya sthal ― shrine

2. laudable, meritorious
3. auspicious, fortunate

Noun

पुण्य • (puṇya) m

1. virtue; an act of virtue
2. boon, godsend, as a result of virtue

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “puṇya (275)”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Etymology

Suspected, given the unconditioned retroflex, to belong to a substratum language (eg, Dravidian)

Noun

पुण्य • (puṇya) n

1. the good or right, virtue, purity, good work, meritorious act, moral or religious merit.

See also

• पुण्यकुट (puṇyakuṭa, “a great multitude of meritorious acts”)
• पुणति (puṇati, “to act piously or virtuosly”)
• पुण्यकर्मन् (puṇyakarman), पुण्यकर्तृ (puṇyakartṛ, “someone who acts right, a virtuous person”)
• पुण्यकीर्ति (puṇyakīrti, “bearing a good name, famous, celebrated”)

Descendants

• → Hindi: पुण्य (puṇya)
• → Telugu: పుణ్యము (puṇyamu)

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 0632
• Substrate Languages in Old Indo-Aryan (Ṛgvedic, Middle and Late Vedic), M. WITZEL, 1999