पूर्णमास्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

পূৰ্ণমাস্ (Assamese script)
ᬧᬹᬃᬡᬫᬵᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
পূর্ণমাস্ (Bengali script)
𑰢𑰳𑰨𑰿𑰜𑰦𑰯𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀧𑀽𑀭𑁆𑀡𑀫𑀸𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
ပူရ်္ဏမာသ် (Burmese script)
પૂર્ણમાસ્ (Gujarati script)
ਪੂਰ੍ਣਮਾਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌪𑍂𑌰𑍍𑌣𑌮𑌾𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
ꦥꦹꦂꦟꦩꦴꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
𑂣𑂴𑂩𑂹𑂝𑂧𑂰𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
ಪೂರ್ಣಮಾಸ್ (Kannada script)
បូណ៌មាស៑ (Khmer script)
ປູຣ຺ຓມາສ຺ (Lao script)
പൂര്ണമാസ് (Malayalam script)
ᢒᡠᡠᡵᢏᠠᠮᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
𑘢𑘴𑘨𑘿𑘜𑘦𑘰𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
ᢒᠤᠤᠷᢏᠠᠮᠠᢗᠰ (Mongolian script)
𑧂𑧕𑧈𑧠𑦼𑧆𑧑𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
𑐥𑐹𑐬𑑂𑐞𑐩𑐵𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
ପୂର୍ଣମାସ୍ (Odia script)
ꢦꢹꢬ꣄ꢠꢪꢵꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆥𑆷𑆫𑇀𑆟𑆩𑆳𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖢𑖳𑖨𑖿𑖜𑖦𑖯𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
පූර්‍ණමාස් (Sinhalese script)
𑩰𑩒𑩛𑩼 𑪙𑩪𑩴𑩛𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
𑚞𑚱𑚤𑚶𑚘𑚢𑚭𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
பூர்ணமாஸ் (Tamil script)
పూర్ణమాస్ (Telugu script)
ปูรฺณมาสฺ (Thai script)
པཱུ་རྞ་མཱ་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒣𑒴𑒩𑓂𑒝𑒧𑒰𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
𑨞𑨃𑨊𑨫𑩇𑨘𑨢𑨊𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós

Proto-Indo-Iranian *pr̥Hnás

Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s

Proto-Indo-Iranian *mā́Has

Sanskrit पूर्णमास् (pūrṇamās)

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *pr̥Hná-mā́Has ~ *pr̥Hná-mā́Hasas (“full moon”). Compare Avestan 𐬞𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬥𐬋-𐬨𐬂𐬢𐬵𐬀 (pər^ənō-måŋha, “full moon”), Middle Persian pwrm՚ẖ (purrmāh, “full moon”). See also पूर्णमास (pūrṇamāsa), attested in the Yajurveda. Equivalent to पूर्ण (pūrṇa, “full”) +‎ मास् (mās, “moon”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /puːɾ.ɳɐ́.mɑːs/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /puːɾ.ɳɐ.mɑːs̪/

Noun

पूर्णमास् • (pūrṇámās) stem, m

full moon; the day or night of the full moon
- c. 700 BCE, Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa 11.2.4.7:
  मन एव पूर्णमाः। पूर्णमिव हीदं मनो...
  mana eva pūrṇamāḥ. pūrṇamiva hīdaṃ mano...
  The full moon [represents] the mind, for full, as it were, is this mind...

Derived terms

पूर्णिमा (pūrṇimā)

Descendants

Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀧𑀼𑀁𑀦𑀫𑀸𑀲𑀺𑀬𑀁 (puṃnamāsiyaṃ, locative)
Pali: puṇṇamā
- → Burmese: ပုဏ္ဏမာ (punna.ma)
Prakrit: *puṇṇamā
- Gujarati: પૂનમ (pūnam)
- Hindustani:
  Hindi: पूनौं (pūna͠u), पूनो (pūno), पूनौ (pūnau), पूनम (pūnam)
  
  Urdu: پُونَو (pūnau), پُونَم (pūnam)
  - →^? Kotgarhi: पुन्नों
- Jaunsari: पूनो (pūno)
- Konkani: punav
  Devanagari script: पुनव
  
  Kannada script: ಪುನವ್
  
  Latin script: punou
- Old Marathi:
  Devanagari script: पुनव (punava)
  
  Modi script: 𑘢𑘳𑘡𑘪 (punava)
  - Marathi: punav
    Devanagari script: पुनव
    
    Modi script: 𑘢𑘳𑘡𑘪
  - Varhadi: punav
    Devanagari script: पुनव
    
    Modi script: 𑘢𑘳𑘡𑘪
- Sindhi: pūnãũ
  Arabic script: پوننئن
  
  Devanagari script: पूनंउं
  
  Khudabadi script: 𑋒𑋤𑋑𑋟𑊴𑋟
→ Tamil: பூரணமி (pūraṇami)