Hindi

Noun

पशु • ‎(paśu) m

1. domesticated animal
2. (rare, chiefly in compounds) cattle

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Sanskrit

Etymology 1

Interjection

पशु • ‎(paśu)

1. see, behold!

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *peḱu- ‎(“livestock, domestic animals”). Cognates include Latin pecus ‘cattle’, Old Armenian ասր ‎(asr, “fleece”), Old English feoh, Old Norse fé, Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿 and Lithuanian pēkus ‘cattle’.

Noun

पशु • ‎(páśu) m

1. a cow, cattle (originally "any tethered animal"; singly or collectively "a herd"), a domestic or sacrificial animal (as opposed to मृग ‎(mṛga, “wild animal”); 5 kinds are enumerated, "men, kine, horses, goats and sheep", to which are sometimes added mules or asses, or camels and dogs)
2. any animal or brute or beast (also applied contemptuously to a man)
3. a mere animal in sacred things i.e. an uninitiated person
4. an animal sacrifice
5. flesh
6. a goat
7. a subordinate deity, one of Shiva's followers
8. the individual soul as distinct from the divine soul of the universe (compare māheśvaras and pāśupatas)
9. Ficus glomerata
10. (in the plural) name of a people

Declension

Noun

पशु • ‎(páśu) n

1. cattle

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