# पिपासा
## Hindi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit पिपासा (pipāsā́). Doublet of प्यास (pyās).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /pɪ.pɑː.sɑː/, [pɪ.päː.säː]

### Noun

पिपासा • (pipāsā) f (Urdu spelling پپاسا)
* (rare, formal) thirst

#### Declension
### References

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

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* pipāsā (Latin script)
* 𑀧𑀺𑀧𑀸𑀲𑀸 (Brahmi script)
* পিপাসা (Bengali script)
* පිපාසා (Sinhalese script)
* ပိပါသာ or ပိပႃသႃ (Burmese script)
* ปิปาสา (Thai script)
* ᨷᩥᨷᩤᩈᩣ (Tai Tham script)
* ປິປາສາ (Lao script)
* បិបាសា (Khmer script)
* 𑄛𑄨𑄛𑄂𑄥𑄂 (Chakma script)

### Noun

पिपासा f
* Devanagari script form of pipāsā (“thirst”)

#### Declension
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* পিপাসা (Assamese script)
* ᬧᬶᬧᬵᬲᬵ (Balinese script)
* পিপাসা (Bengali script)
* 𑰢𑰰𑰢𑰯𑰭𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀧𑀺𑀧𑀸𑀲𑀸 (Brahmi script)
* ပိပါသာ (Burmese script)
* પિપાસા (Gujarati script)
* ਪਿਪਾਸਾ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌪𑌿𑌪𑌾𑌸𑌾 (Grantha script)
* ꦥꦶꦥꦴꦱꦴ (Javanese script)
* 𑂣𑂱𑂣𑂰𑂮𑂰 (Kaithi script)
* ಪಿಪಾಸಾ (Kannada script)
* បិបាសា (Khmer script)
* ປິປາສາ (Lao script)
* പിപാസാ (Malayalam script)
* ᢒᡳᢒᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠰ᠌ᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
* 𑘢𑘱𑘢𑘰𑘭𑘰 (Modi script)
* ᢒᠢᢒᠠᢗᠰᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧂𑧒𑧂𑧑𑧍𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐥𑐶𑐥𑐵𑐳𑐵 (Newa script)
* ପିପାସା (Odia script)
* ꢦꢶꢦꢵꢱꢵ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆥𑆴𑆥𑆳𑆱𑆳 (Sharada script)
* 𑖢𑖰𑖢𑖯𑖭𑖯 (Siddham script)
* පිපාසා (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩰𑩑𑩰𑩛𑪁𑩛 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚞𑚮𑚞𑚭𑚨𑚭 (Takri script)
* பிபாஸா (Tamil script)
* పిపాసా (Telugu script)
* ปิปาสา (Thai script)
* པི་པཱ་སཱ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒣𑒱𑒣𑒰𑒮𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨞𑨁𑨞𑨊𑨰𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

Derived from पिपासति (pipāsati, “wishes to drink”, desiderative), from the root पा (pā, “to drink”).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /pi.pɑː.sɑ́ː/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /piˈpɑː.s̪ɑː/

### Noun

पिपासा • (pipāsā́) stem, f
* thirst
** c. 700 BCE, Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa 12.2.3.12:तानि वा एतानि यज्ञारण्यानि यज्ञकृंतत्राणि। तानि शतं शतं रथाह्न्यानि। अन्तरेण तानि ये विद्वांस उपयन्ति। यथाऽऽरण्यान्यां मुग्धाँश्चरतोऽशनाया वा पिपासा वा पाप्मानो रक्षांसि सचेरन्। एवं हैवैनानशनाया वा पिपासा वा पाप्मानो रक्षांसि सचंते। अथ ये विद्वांसो यथा प्रवाहात्प्रवाहं अभयादभयम्। एवं हैव ते देवतायै देवतामुपसंयन्ति। ते स्वस्ति स्वर्गं लोकं समश्नुवते॥tāni vā etāni yajñāraṇyāni yajñakṛṃtatrāṇi. tāni śataṃ śataṃ rathāhnyāni. antareṇa tāni ye vidvāṃsa upayanti. yathāʼʼraṇyānyāṃ mugdhām̐ścaratoʼśanāyā vā pipāsā vā pāpmāno rakṣāṃsi saceran. evaṃ haivainānaśanāyā vā pipāsā vā pāpmāno rakṣāṃsi sacaṃte. atha ye vidvāṃso yathā pravāhātpravāhaṃ abhayādabhayam. evaṃ haiva te devatāyai devatāmupasaṃyanti. te svasti svargaṃ lokaṃ samaśnuvate.Such, indeed, are the wilds and ravines of yajña, and they take hundreds upon hundreds of days’ carriage-drives; and if any venture into them without knowledge, then hunger or thirst, evil-doers and demons harass them, like demons would harass foolish men wandering in a wild forest; but if those who know this do so, they pass from one duty to another, as from one stream into another, and from one safe place to another, and obtain well-being, the world of heaven.

#### Descendants

* Pali: pipāsā
* Prakrit: 𑀧𑀺𑀯𑀸𑀲𑀸 (pivāsā) (see there for further descendants)

##### Borrowed terms

* → Hindustani:
** → Hindi: पिपासा (pipāsā) (learned)
** → Urdu: پِپَاسَا (pipāsā) (learned)
* → Kannada: ಪಿಪಾಸು (pipāsu) (learned)
* → Odia: ପିପାସା (pipāsā) (learned)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “पिपासा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 627.