Where does “पुण्यतिथि” come from?

पुण्यतिथि (Hindi) comes from Hindi तिथि, from Sanskrit तिथि — a lunar day.

पुण्यतिथि (Hindi): death anniversary

Definitions

  1. death anniversary

Ancestry of “पुण्यतिथि”, step by step

पुण्यतिथि traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hindi तिथि

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hindiतिथिdate; lunar day
2Sanskritतिथिa lunar day

via Hindi पुण्य

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hindiपुण्यholy, sacred; laudable, meritorious; auspicious,...
2Sanskritपुण्यthe good or right, virtue, purity, good work,...
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