पिशाच

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit पिशाच (piśāca).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /pɪ.ʃɑːt͡ʃ/, [pɪ.ʃäːt͡ʃ]

Noun

पिशाच • (piśāc) m (Urdu spelling پشاچ) (rare, formal)

demon, evil spirit
Synonyms: असुर (asur), राक्षस (rākṣas)

Declension

Declension of पिशाच (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	पिशाच piśāc	पिशाच piśāc
oblique	पिशाच piśāc	पिशाचों piśācõ
vocative	पिशाच piśāc	पिशाचो piśāco

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “पिशाच”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

পিশাচ (Assamese script)
ᬧᬶᬰᬵᬘ (Balinese script)
পিশাচ (Bengali script)
𑰢𑰰𑰫𑰯𑰓 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀧𑀺𑀰𑀸𑀘 (Brahmi script)
ပိၐာစ (Burmese script)
પિશાચ (Gujarati script)
ਪਿਸ਼ਾਚ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌪𑌿𑌶𑌾𑌚 (Grantha script)
ꦥꦶꦯꦴꦕ (Javanese script)
𑂣𑂱𑂬𑂰𑂒 (Kaithi script)
ಪಿಶಾಚ (Kannada script)
បិឝាច (Khmer script)
ປິຨາຈ (Lao script)
പിശാച (Malayalam script)
ᢒᡳᡧᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢜᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘢𑘱𑘫𑘰𑘓 (Modi script)
ᢒᠢᠱᠠᢗᢋᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑧂𑧒𑧋𑧑𑦳 (Nandinagari script)
𑐥𑐶𑐱𑐵𑐔 (Newa script)
ପିଶାଚ (Odia script)
ꢦꢶꢯꢵꢗ (Saurashtra script)
𑆥𑆴𑆯𑆳𑆖 (Sharada script)
𑖢𑖰𑖫𑖯𑖓 (Siddham script)
පිශාච (Sinhalese script)
𑩰𑩑𑩿𑩛𑩡 (Soyombo script)
𑚞𑚮𑚧𑚭𑚏 (Takri script)
பிஶாச (Tamil script)
పిశాచ (Telugu script)
ปิศาจ (Thai script)
པི་ཤཱ་ཙ (Tibetan script)
𑒣𑒱𑒬𑒰𑒔 (Tirhuta script)
𑨞𑨁𑨮𑨊𑨣 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Derived from the root पिश् (piś, “to carve, prepare meat”), because of the demons' fondness for meat.[1] The root is ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peyḱ- (“to hew, cut out”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /pi.ɕɑː.t͡ɕɐ́/

(Classical) IPA^(key): /piˈɕɑː.t͡ɕɐ/

Noun

पिशाच • (piśācá) stem, m

a fiend, ogre, demon, imp, malevolent or devilish being

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of पिशाच (piśācá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	पिशाचः piśācáḥ	पिशाचौ / पिशाचा¹ piśācaú / piśācā́¹	पिशाचाः / पिशाचासः¹ piśācā́ḥ / piśācā́saḥ¹
Vocative	पिशाच píśāca	पिशाचौ / पिशाचा¹ píśācau / píśācā¹	पिशाचाः / पिशाचासः¹ píśācāḥ / píśācāsaḥ¹
Accusative	पिशाचम् piśācám	पिशाचौ / पिशाचा¹ piśācaú / piśācā́¹	पिशाचान् piśācā́n
Instrumental	पिशाचेन piśācéna	पिशाचाभ्याम् piśācā́bhyām	पिशाचैः / पिशाचेभिः¹ piśācaíḥ / piśācébhiḥ¹
Dative	पिशाचाय piśācā́ya	पिशाचाभ्याम् piśācā́bhyām	पिशाचेभ्यः piśācébhyaḥ
Ablative	पिशाचात् piśācā́t	पिशाचाभ्याम् piśācā́bhyām	पिशाचेभ्यः piśācébhyaḥ
Genitive	पिशाचस्य piśācásya	पिशाचयोः piśācáyoḥ	पिशाचानाम् piśācā́nām
Locative	पिशाचे piśācé	पिशाचयोः piśācáyoḥ	पिशाचेषु piśācéṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

Pali: pisāca[2]
Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀧𑀺𑀲𑀸𑀅 (pisāa)
→ Hindi: पिशाच (piśāc)
→ Punjabi: ਪਿਸ਼ਾਚ (piśāc)

References

Monier Williams (1899) “पिशाच”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 628, column 2.
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “piśācá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

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[1] Monier Williams (1899) “पिशाच”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 628, column 2.

[2] Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “piśācá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press