# पूति
## Hindi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit पूति (pū́ti).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /puː.t̪iː/

### Adjective

पूति • (pūti) (indeclinable)
* (rare) putrid, foul-smelling, stinking
    Synonyms: बदबूदार (badbūdār), दुर्गंधित (durgandhit)

### Noun

पूति • (pūti) f (formal)
* purification, cleansing
    Synonyms: स्वच्छीकरण (svacchīkraṇ), सफ़ाई (safāī)
* stench, stink
    Synonyms: दुर्गंध (durgandh), बदबू (badbū)
* putrefaction

#### Declension
### Further reading

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

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* পূতি (Assamese script)
* ᬧᬹᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
* পূতি (Bengali script)
* 𑰢𑰳𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀧𑀽𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
* ပူတိ (Burmese script)
* પૂતિ (Gujarati script)
* ਪੂਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌪𑍂𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
* ꦥꦹꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
* 𑂣𑂴𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
* ಪೂತಿ (Kannada script)
* បូតិ (Khmer script)
* ປູຕິ (Lao script)
* പൂതി (Malayalam script)
* ᢒᡠᡠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
* 𑘢𑘴𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
* ᢒᠤᠤᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧂𑧕𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐥𑐹𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
* ପୂତି (Odia script)
* ꢦꢹꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆥𑆷𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
* 𑖢𑖳𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
* පූති (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩰𑩒𑩛𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚞𑚱𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
* பூதி (Tamil script)
* పూతి (Telugu script)
* ปูติ (Thai script)
* པཱུ་ཏི (Tibetan script)
* 𑒣𑒴𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨞𑨃𑨊𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Pronunciation

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

### Etymology 1

From the root पू (pū, “to cleanse, purify”) +‎ -ति (-ti).

#### Noun

पूति • (pū́ti) stem, f
* purification, cleansing
** c. 700 BCE, Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa
** c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

From the root पूय् (pūy, “to become foul or putrid; to stink”).

#### Adjective

पूति • (pū́ti) stem
* putrid, foul-smelling, stinking, fetid
** c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda
** c. 700 CE – 900 CE, Bhāgavata Purāṇa 3.26.45:करम्भपूतिसौरभ्यशान्तोग्राम्‍लादिभिः पृथक्। द्रव्यावयववैषम्याद्गन्ध एको विभिद्यते॥karambhapūtisaurabhyaśāntogrām‍lādibhiḥ pṛthak. dravyāvayavavaiṣamyādgandha eko vibhidyate.Odor, although one, becomes many — as mixed, stinking, fragrant, mild, strong, acidic and so on — according to the proportions of associated substances.
** c. 400 BCE, Bhagavad Gītā 17.10:यातयामं गतरसं पूति पर्युषितं च यत्। उच्छिष्टमपि चामेध्यं भोजनं तामसप्रियम्॥yātayāmaṃ gatarasaṃ pūti paryuṣitaṃ ca yat. ucchiṣṭamapi cāmedhyaṃ bhojanaṃ tāmasapriyam.Food prepared more than three hours before being eaten, food that is tasteless, putrid and decomposed, and left-over food that is untouchable and impure is dear to those in the mode of darkness.

##### Descendants

* Pali: pūti
* Prakrit: 𑀧𑀽𑀇 (pūi)

#### Noun

पूति • (pū́ti) stem, m
* pus
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:पूय
** c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata
* filthy water

##### Declension
#### Noun

पूति • (pū́ti) stem, f
* stench, stink
* putrefaction

##### Declension
### Further reading

* Monier Williams (1899) “पूति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 641.
* Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “pūti”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
* Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “पूति”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
* Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “पूति”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “pūˊti”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press