Hindi

Noun

पुरुष • ‎(puruṣ) m ‎(Urdu spelling پرش)

1. man, male

   यह स्नानघर केवल पुरुषों के लिए है।‎

   yah snānghar keval puruṣõ ke lie hai.

   This bathroom is for men only.

   पुरुष की तरह लड़ो!‎

   puruṣ kī tarah laṛo!

   Fight like a man!

2. person

   अनेक पुरुष भवन के बाहर हैं।‎

   anek puruṣ bhavan ke bāhar hain.

   Many persons are outside the building.

Synonyms

• (man): मर्द ‎(mard)
• आदमी ‎(ādmī)

Also see Wikisaurus:मनुष्य.

Antonyms

• स्त्री ‎(strī)

References

• McGregor, R.S, ed. The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, Oxford university press. 1993
• Platts, John Thompson. A dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi, and English London: W. H. Allen & Co., 1884.

Sanskrit

Noun

पुरुष • ‎(púruṣa) m

1. man, male, human being
2. person, officer, functionary, attendant, servant
3. friend
4. a follower of Samkhya
5. a member or representative of a race or generation
6. the height or measure of a man
7. the pupil of the eye
8. the primaeval man as the soul and original source of the universe
9. the personal and animating principle in men and other beings, the soul or spirit
10. the Supreme Being or Soul of the universe
11. the Spirit as passive and a spectator of the creative force (prakṛti)
12. the "spirit" or fragrant exhalation of plants
13. name of the divine or active principles from the minute portions of which the universe was formed
14. name of a metrical foot in the mahanamni verses
15. name of the 1st, 3rd, 5th, 7th, 9th and 11th signs of the zodiac
16. name of one of the 18 attendants of the sun L.
17. name of the Brahmans of the Krauncha or "mountain" dvipa
18. Rottleria Tinctoria, probably Mallotus philippensis
19. Clerodendrum phlomidis

Declension

Descendants

• Bengali: পুরুষ ‎(purush)
• Gujarati: પુરુષ ‎(puruṣ)
• Khmer: ប្រុស ‎(proh)
• Telugu: పురుషుడు ‎(puruṣuḍu)
• Thai: บุรุษ ‎(burut)

References

• Cappeller, Carl A Sanskrit-English dictionary Bostin, Ginn and Co., 1891.