# पूय
## Hindi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit पूय (pū́ya).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /puːj/

### Noun

पूय • (pūy) m
* (rare, formal) purulent matter, pus
    Synonyms: पीप (pīp), मवाद (mavād), पस (pas)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “पूय”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 3077
* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “पूय”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 641
* Platts, John T. (1884) “पूय”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 282

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* পূয় (Assamese script)
* ᬧᬹᬬ (Balinese script)
* পূয় (Bengali script)
* 𑰢𑰳𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀧𑀽𑀬 (Brahmi script)
* ပူယ (Burmese script)
* પૂય (Gujarati script)
* ਪੂਯ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌪𑍂𑌯 (Grantha script)
* ꦥꦹꦪ (Javanese script)
* 𑂣𑂴𑂨 (Kaithi script)
* ಪೂಯ (Kannada script)
* បូយ (Khmer script)
* ປູຍ (Lao script)
* പൂയ (Malayalam script)
* ᢒᡠᡠᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘢𑘴𑘧 (Modi script)
* ᢒᠤᠤᠶ᠋ᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧂𑧕𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐥𑐹𑐫 (Newa script)
* ପୂଯ (Odia script)
* ꢦꢹꢫ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆥𑆷𑆪 (Sharada script)
* 𑖢𑖳𑖧 (Siddham script)
* පූය (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩰𑩒𑩛𑩻 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚞𑚱𑚣 (Takri script)
* பூய (Tamil script)
* పూయ (Telugu script)
* ปูย (Thai script)
* པཱུ་ཡ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒣𑒴𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨞𑨃𑨊𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *púHyas, ultimately from *puH- (“putrid, foul; pus”). Cognate with Ancient Greek πῦον (pûon, “discharge from a sore”), Latin pūs (“pus”), Old English fūl (whence English foul). The Sanskrit root is पूय् (pūy), reflecting the interpretation of the semivowel in पूयति (pūyati) as part of the root and not the conjugation.

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /púː.jɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈpuː.jɐ/

### Noun

पूय • (pū́ya) stem, m or n
* purulent matter, pus
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:पूय
** c. 700 CE – 900 CE, Bhāgavata Purāṇa 4.10.24:ववृषू रुधिरौघासृक्पूयविण्मूत्रमेदसः। निपेतुर्गगनादस्य कबन्धान्यग्रतोऽनघ॥vavṛṣū rudhiraughāsṛkpūyaviṇmūtramedasaḥ. nipeturgaganādasya kabandhānyagratoʼnagha.My dear faultless Vidura, in that rainfall there was blood, mucus, pus, stool, urine and marrow falling heavily before Dhruva Mahārāja, and there were trunks of bodies falling from the sky.
* suppuration, discharge from a sore or wound

#### Descendants

* Magadhi Prakrit:
** Assamese: পূঁজ (pũz)
** Bengali: পূঁজ (pũj)
** Odia: ପୂଯ (puja)
* Pali: pubba
* Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀧𑀽𑀅 (pūa)
** Konkani: पू (pū)
* → Telugu: పూయము (pūyamu)
* → Hindi: पूय (pūy)

### Further reading

* Monier Williams (1899) “पूय”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 641.
* Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “पूय”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 1039
* Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “pūya”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
* Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “पूय”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 167