पूयति

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *puH- (“to be foul, to stink; rotten”). Cognate with Ancient Greek πῦον (pûon), Latin putridus (“putrid”), Old English fūl (English foul).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /púː.jɐ.t̪i/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpuː.jɐ.t̪i/

Verb

पूयति • (pū́yati) (root पूय्)

to become foul, to become putrid; to stink

Related terms

पूय (pūya)

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 641

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