पृष्ठ

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit पृष्ठ (pṛṣṭha). Doublet of पुट्ठा (puṭṭhā).

Noun

पृष्ठ • (pŕṣṭh) m

1. page

   Synonym: पन्ना (pannā)

2. back, rear

   Synonym: पिछला (pichlā)

Declension

Declension of पृष्ठ (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	पृष्ठ pŕṣṭh	पृष्ठ pŕṣṭh
oblique	पृष्ठ pŕṣṭh	पृष्ठों pŕṣṭhõ
vocative	पृष्ठ pŕṣṭh	पृष्ठो pŕṣṭho

Derived terms

• पृष्ठभूमि (pŕṣṭhabhūmi)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “पृष्ठ”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit पृष्ठ (pṛṣṭha).

Noun

पृष्ठ • (pŕṣṭha) n

1. back, rear, hinder part
2. page

References

• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “पृष्ठ”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press

Nepali

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pɾis̠t̠ʰʌ]
• Phonetic Devanagari: प्रिस्ठ

Noun

पृष्ठ • (pr̥ṣṭha)

1. page (of a book); webpage

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• পৃষ্ঠ (Assamese script)
• ᬧᬺᬱ᭄ᬞ (Balinese script)
• পৃষ্ঠ (Bengali script)
• 𑰢𑰴𑰬𑰿𑰙 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀧𑀾𑀱𑁆𑀞 (Brahmi script)
• ပၖၑ္ဌ (Burmese script)
• પૃષ્ઠ (Gujarati script)
• ਪ੍ਰਸ਼੍ਠ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌪𑍃𑌷𑍍𑌠 (Grantha script)
• ꦥꦽꦰ꧀ꦜ (Javanese script)
• 𑂣𑃂𑂭𑂹𑂘 (Kaithi script)
• ಪೃಷ್ಠ (Kannada script)
• ប្ឫឞ្ឋ (Khmer script)
• ປ຺ຣິຩ຺ຐ (Lao script)
• പൃഷ്ഠ (Malayalam script)
• ᢒᡵᡳᢢᡱᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘢𑘵𑘬𑘿𑘙 (Modi script)
• ᢒᠷᠢᢔᢍᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧂𑧖𑧌𑧠𑦹 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐥𑐺𑐲𑑂𑐛 (Newa script)
• ପୃଷ୍ଠ (Odia script)
• ꢦꢺꢰ꣄ꢝ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆥𑆸𑆰𑇀𑆜 (Sharada script)
• 𑖢𑖴𑖬𑖿𑖙 (Siddham script)
• පෘෂ‍්ඨ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩰𑩙𑪀 𑪙𑩧 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚞𑚶𑚕 (Takri script)
• ப்ரிஷ்ட² (Tamil script)
• పృష్ఠ (Telugu script)
• ปฺฤษฺฐ (Thai script)
• པྲྀ་ཥྛ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒣𑒵𑒭𑓂𑒚 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨞𑨼𑨉𑨯𑩇𑨕 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *pr̥štʰám (“back”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬭𐬱𐬙𐬀 (paršta), Persian پشت (pošt, “back”), Proto-Slavic *pьrstъ.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pr̩ʂ.ʈʰɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈpr̩ʂ.ʈʰɐ/

Noun

पृष्ठ • (pṛṣṭhá) stem, n

1. the back; the hinder part or rear of anything
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.58.2:

     अत्यो न पृष्ठं प्रुषितस्य रोचते दिवो न सानु स्तनयन्नचिक्रदत् ॥

     atyo na pṛṣṭhaṃ pruṣitasya rocate divo na sānu stanayannacikradat.

     His back, as he is sprinkled, glistens like a horse: loud hath he roared and shouted like the heights of heaven

2. the upper side, surface, top, height

   with दिवः (diváḥ), or नाकस्य (nā́kasya) — the surface of the sky, vault of heaven; cf. घृतपृष्ठ (ghṛta-pṛṣṭha)

3. the flat roof of a house
4. a page of a book
5. name of particular arrangement of Samans (employed at the midday libation and formed from the रथंतर (rathaṃtara), बृहत् (bṛhat), वैरूप (vairūpa), वैराज (vairāja), शाक्वर (śākvara), and रैवत शाक्वर (raivata śākvara))
6. name of various Samans

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of पृष्ठ (pṛṣṭhá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	पृष्ठम् pṛṣṭhám	पृष्ठे pṛṣṭhé	पृष्ठानि / पृष्ठा¹ pṛṣṭhā́ni / pṛṣṭhā́¹
Vocative	पृष्ठ pṛ́ṣṭha	पृष्ठे pṛ́ṣṭhe	पृष्ठानि / पृष्ठा¹ pṛ́ṣṭhāni / pṛ́ṣṭhā¹
Accusative	पृष्ठम् pṛṣṭhám	पृष्ठे pṛṣṭhé	पृष्ठानि / पृष्ठा¹ pṛṣṭhā́ni / pṛṣṭhā́¹
Instrumental	पृष्ठेन pṛṣṭhéna	पृष्ठाभ्याम् pṛṣṭhā́bhyām	पृष्ठैः / पृष्ठेभिः¹ pṛṣṭhaíḥ / pṛṣṭhébhiḥ¹
Dative	पृष्ठाय pṛṣṭhā́ya	पृष्ठाभ्याम् pṛṣṭhā́bhyām	पृष्ठेभ्यः pṛṣṭhébhyaḥ
Ablative	पृष्ठात् pṛṣṭhā́t	पृष्ठाभ्याम् pṛṣṭhā́bhyām	पृष्ठेभ्यः pṛṣṭhébhyaḥ
Genitive	पृष्ठस्य pṛṣṭhásya	पृष्ठयोः pṛṣṭháyoḥ	पृष्ठानाम् pṛṣṭhā́nām
Locative	पृष्ठे pṛṣṭhé	पृष्ठयोः pṛṣṭháyoḥ	पृष्ठेषु pṛṣṭhéṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Derived terms

• मलपृष्ठ (malapṛṣṭha)
• जालपृष्ठ (jālapṛṣṭha)

Descendants

• Pali: piṭṭhē (“on”), piṭṭhēna (“beside, along”)
• Dardic:
  • Dameli: [script needed] (piṣṭ, “hillside”)
  • Kalasha: [script needed] (pīṣṭo, “after”)
  • Kashmiri: پیٹھ (pyuṭhü)
  • Shina: پٹ (pĭṭŭ, “back”)
• Prakrit: 𑀧𑀺𑀝𑁆𑀞 (piṭṭha), 𑀧𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞 (puṭṭha), 𑀧𑀝𑁆𑀞 (paṭṭha)
  • Eastern:
    • Magadhi Prakrit:
      • Assamese: পিঠি (pithi)
      • Bengali: পিঠ (piṭh)
      • Odia: ପଥା (pathā, “small grassy eminence in a river”), ପାଥଲେ (pāthale, “behind”)
      • Rohingya: fith
      • Sylheti: ꠙꠤꠑ (fiṭó)
  • Central:
    • Sauraseni Prakrit:
      • Hindi: पीठ (pīṭh), पुट्ठा (puṭṭhā), पूठ (pūṭh, “buttock”), पूठा (pūṭhā, “cover of a book”)
      • Gujarati: પાઠું (pāṭhũ, “fatal tumour on backbone, anthrax, carbuncle”), પૂઠું (pūṭhũ, “cover of a book, hips”), પુઠિયાં (puṭhiyā̃, “felloes of a wheel, hips”), પુઠે (puṭhe, “next”)
  • Northern:
    • Garhwali: पूठु (pūṭhu, “hip”), पीठ (pīṭh)
    • Kumaoni: पूठ (“back, hind part of body”)
    • Nepali: पुट्ठा (puṭṭhā, “buttock”)
    • Western Pahari:
      • Bhadrawahi: पिट्ठ (piṭṭh)
  • Southern:
    • Elu Prakrit:
      • Sinhalese: පිට (piṭa, “back; outside”), පිටු (piṭu, “pages of a book”)
    • Maharastri Prakrit:
      • Marathi: पुठा (puṭhā), पुट्ठा (puṭṭhā, “buttock of an animal, leather cover of account book”)
  • Western:
    • Paisaci Prakrit:
      • Punjabi: ਪਿੱਠ (piṭṭha), ਪੁੱਠਾ (puṭṭhā, “buttock of an animal”)
        • Lahnda: پٹھا (“hindquarter of an animal”), پٹھ (“back, wrongside of cloth”)
      • Sindhi: پُٺو (“pasteboard cover of a book”)
        • Kachchi: પૂઠુ (pūṭhu, “hip”), પૌઠા (pauṭhā, “back”)
• → Hindi: पृष्ठ (pŕṣṭh)
• → Marathi: पृष्ठ (pŕṣṭha)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “पृष्ठ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 647/3.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 165-6
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “prstha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 474

Further reading

• Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “pṛṣṭha”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.