# पू
## Duruwa
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *pū.

### Noun

पू (pū)
* flower

## Konkani
### Etymology

From Sanskrit पूय (pūya, “pus”). Cognate with Bengali পূঁয (pũj).

### Noun

पू • (pū) (Latin script pu, Kannada script ಪೂ)
* discharge from a wound; pus

## Sanskrit
### Alternative forms

* पव् (pav)

### Alternative scripts

* পূ (Assamese script)
* ᬧᬹ (Balinese script)
* পূ (Bengali script)
* 𑰢𑰳 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀧𑀽 (Brahmi script)
* ပူ (Burmese script)
* પૂ (Gujarati script)
* ਪੂ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌪𑍂 (Grantha script)
* ꦥꦹ (Javanese script)
* 𑂣𑂴 (Kaithi script)
* ಪೂ (Kannada script)
* បូ (Khmer script)
* ປູ (Lao script)
* പൂ (Malayalam script)
* ᢒᡠᡠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘢𑘴 (Modi script)
* ᢒᠤᠤ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧂𑧕 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐥𑐹 (Newa script)
* ପୂ (Odia script)
* ꢦꢹ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆥𑆷 (Sharada script)
* 𑖢𑖳 (Siddham script)
* පූ (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩰𑩒𑩛 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚞𑚱 (Takri script)
* பூ (Tamil script)
* పూ (Telugu script)
* ปู (Thai script)
* པཱུ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒣𑒴 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨞𑨃𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pewH-. Cognate with Latin pūrus.

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /puː/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /puː/

### Root

पू • (pū)
* to purify, cleanse
* (middle voice) to purify one's self, be or become clear or bright

#### Derived terms
##### Primary Verbal Forms

* पुनाति (punā́ti, Present)
* पवते (pávate, Present)
* पविष्यति (paviṣyáti, Future)
* पविता (pavitā́, Periphrastic Future)
* अपावीत् (ápāvīt, Aorist)
* पुपाव (pupā́va, Perfect)

##### Secondary Forms

* पूयते (pūyáte, Passive)
* पवयति (paváyati, Causative)
* पावयति (pāváyati, Causative)
* अपीपवत् (ápīpavat, Causative Aorist)
* पाव्यते (pāvyáte, Passive of Causative)
* पुपूषति (pupūṣati, Desiderative)
* पिपविषति (pipaviṣati, Desiderative)
* पिपावयिषति (pipāvayiṣati, Desiderative of Causative)

##### Non-Finite Forms

* पूत (pūtá, Past Participle)
* पवित (pavita, Past Participle)
* पवितुम् (pavitum, Infinitive)
* पुपूतनि (pupūtáni, Infinitive)
* पूत्वा (pūtvā́, Gerund)
* पूत्वी (pūtvī́, Gerund)
* पवित्वा (pavitvā, Gerund)
* पूय (pū́ya, Gerund)
* पावम् (pāvam, Gerund)

##### Derived Nominal Forms

* पवन (pávana)
* पवयितृ (pavayitṛ́)
* पवा (pavā́)
* पवितृ (pavitṛ́)
* पवित्र (pavítra)
* पवीतृ (pavītṛ́)
* पावक (pāvaká)
* पावन (pāvana)
* पू (pū)
* पूति (pū́ti)
* पूत्रिम (pūtríma)
* पोतृ (pótṛ)
* पोत्र (potrá)

##### Prefixed Root Forms

* अतिपू (atipū)
* अनुपू (anupū)
* अभिपू (abhipū)
* आपू (āpū)
* उत्पू (utpū)
* निष्पू (niṣpū)
* परापू (parāpū)
* परिपू (paripū)
* विपू (vipū)
* सम्पू (sampū)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “पू”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 640, column 3.
* William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 99
* Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “pū”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “PAV$^I$”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 105-7
* Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 480