ਪਾਣੀ

• ਪਾਨੀ (pānī), ਵਾਣੀ (vāṇī, compounding form)

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀧𑀸𑀡𑀻𑀅 (pāṇīa), from Sanskrit पानीय (pānīya, “water, drink”). Cognate with Old Hindi पांनी (pā̃nī), Old Marathi 𑘢𑘰𑘜𑘲 (pāṇī), Old Gujarati पाणी (pāṇī).

ਪਾਣੀ (pāṇī) m

1. water

   Synonyms: ਅਪੁ (apu), ਅੰਭੁ (ambhu), ਆਬ (āba), ਉਦਕੁ (udaku), ਜਲੁ (jalu), ਤੋਆ (toā), ਪਰਸਾ (parasā), ਸਲਲੁ (salalu)

• Punjabi: pāṇī

  Gurmukhi script: ਪਾਣੀ

  Shahmukhi script: پاݨِی

• Christopher Shackle (2011) “ਪਾਣੀ”, in A Gurū Nānak Glossary, 2nd edition, New Delhi: Heritage Publishers, →ISBN, page 190.
• “ਪਾਣੀ”, in Sri Guru Granth Sahib Dictionary, SriGranth.org, 2024
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “pānīˊya”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 456

• ਪਾਣਿ (pāṇi)

Inherited from Old Punjabi ਪਾਣੀ (pāṇī), from Prakrit 𑀧𑀸𑀡𑀻𑀅 (pāṇīa), from Sanskrit पानीय (pānīya, “water, drink”). Cognate with Hindustani پانی (pānī) / पानी (pānī), Nepali पानी (pānī), Assamese পানী (pani), Bengali পানি (pani), Odia ପାଣି (paṇi), Gujarati પાણી (pāṇī), Marathi पाणी (pāṇī), Romani pani, Sindhi پاڻي, Kashmiri پوٗنؠ (pūn').

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /päː.ɳiː/

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• Rhymes: -iː
• Hyphenation: ਪਾ‧ਣੀ

ਪਾਣੀ • (pāṇī) m (Shahmukhi spelling پاݨِی)

1. (chiefly) water, aqua

   Synonyms: ਜਲ (jal), ਆਬ (āba), ਪਰਸਾ (parsā)

   ਮੈਨੂੰ ਪਾਣੀ ਦੇ

   mainū̃ pāṇī de

   Give me water.

2. juice, whey, extract
3. drivel, drool
4. watery substance, liquid