पितृमेध
Sanskrit
noun
Definitions
- sacrifice to the ancestors (, , , etc.)
- name of a text
Etymology
Compound from Sanskrit पितृ (father, paternal ancestor, fathers, ancestors) + Sanskrit मेध (sacrifice).
Origin
Sanskrit
मेध
Gloss
sacrifice
Concept
Semantic Field
Religion and belief
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
犠
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- pitris English
- *ph₂tḗr Proto-Indo-European
- द्यौष्पितृ Sanskrit
- पितृ Sanskrit
- पितृयज्ञ Sanskrit
- पितृयाण Sanskrit
- मेध Sanskrit
- पिता Hindi
- पितृ Hindi
- ปิตร Thai
- పితృలు Telugu
- pitar Pali
- pitu Pali
- *pHtā́ Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *pHtā́ Proto-Indo-Aryan
- পিতা Bengali
- پتر Urdu
- 𑀧𑀺𑀉 Sauraseni Prakrit
- 𑀧𑀺𑀉 Maharastri Prakrit
- ਪਿਤਾ Panjabi, Punjabi
- पीय Old Gujarati