पीठा

Awadhi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit पिष्ट (piṣṭa, “crushed, ground; flour”). Cognate to Hindi पीठा (pīṭhā) and Gujarati પીઠ (pīṭh)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /piː.ʈʰaː/, [piː.ʈʰaː]
Hyphenation: पी‧ठा

Noun

पीठा (pīṭhā)

powdered pulse

Bhojpuri

Alternative forms

पिट्ठा (piṭṭhā)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *peys-

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-Iranian *pištás

Sanskrit पिष्ट (piṣṭa)

Prakrit 𑀧𑀺𑀝𑁆𑀞 (piṭṭha)

Apabhramsa पिट्ठ (piṭṭha)

Bhojpuri पीठा

Inherited from Apabhramsa पिट्ठ (piṭṭha) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Prakrit 𑀧𑀺𑀝𑁆𑀞 (piṭṭha), from Sanskrit पि॒ष्ट (piṣṭá, “crushed, ground; flour”)^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /piːʈʰaː/
Hyphenation: पी‧ठा

Noun

पीठा (pīṭhā) m (Kaithi 𑂣𑂲𑂘𑂰)^[2]

cake

References

More information

^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “piṣṭá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 465: “Bhoj. pīṭhā 'cake'”
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Hindi

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *peys-

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-Iranian *pištás

Sanskrit पिष्ट (piṣṭa)

Prakrit 𑀧𑀺𑀝𑁆𑀞 (piṭṭha)

Apabhramsa पिट्ठ (piṭṭha)

Hindi पीठा

Inherited from Apabhramsa पिट्ठ (piṭṭha) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Prakrit 𑀧𑀺𑀝𑁆𑀞 (piṭṭha), from Sanskrit पि॒ष्ट (piṣṭá, “crushed, ground; flour”).^[1] Doublet of पिष्ट (piṣṭ), a tatsama. Related to पीठी (pīṭhī), पीट्ठी (pīṭṭhī). Distantly cognate with Latin pistus, whence Italian pesto, whence the doublet पेस्टो (pesṭo).

Pronunciation

(Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /piː.ʈʰɑː/, [piː.ʈʰäː]
Rhymes: -ɑː
Hyphenation: पी‧ठा

Noun

पीठा • (pīṭhā) m (Urdu spelling پِیٹھا)^[2]

sweetmeat of rice flour with coconut and sugar

References

More information

^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “piṣṭá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 465: “H. pīṭhā m. 'sweetmeat of riceflour with coconut and sugar', pīṭhī, piṭṭhī f. 'pulse steeped in water and then peeled and ground'”
^ McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “पीठा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 633

Saraiki

Verb

पीठा (pīṭhā) (Multani 𑊛𑊑)^[1]

perfective of पीहवण (pīhvaṇ, “to be ground”), Devanagari script form of پِیٹھا: ground
perfective of फिसण (phisaṇ, “to grind”), Devanagari script form of پِیٹھا: ground

References

^ राणा प्रताप सिंह गन्नौरी [Rana Pratap Singh Ganauri] (2004), “पीठा”, in मुलतानी-हिन्दी शब्दकोश (multānī-hindī śabdakoś) [Multani-Hindi Dictionary] (in Hindi), 1^st edition, Panipat: शुचि साहित्य सदन (śuci sāhitya sadan), →OCLC, page 228, column 2.

[1] Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “piṣṭá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 465: “Bhoj. pīṭhā 'cake'”

[2] {The template Template:R:bho:Tiwari does not use the parameter(s): column=1
Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.}Arjun Tiwari (2019), “पीठा”, in भोजपुरी-हिंदी शब्दकोश [Bhojpuri-Hindi Dictionary]‎^[1] (in Hindi), Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh: University Publications, page 293

[3] Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “piṣṭá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 465: “H. pīṭhā m. 'sweetmeat of riceflour with coconut and sugar', pīṭhī, piṭṭhī f. 'pulse steeped in water and then peeled and ground'”

[4] McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “पीठा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 633

[5] राणा प्रताप सिंह गन्नौरी [Rana Pratap Singh Ganauri] (2004), “पीठा”, in मुलतानी-हिन्दी शब्दकोश (multānī-hindī śabdakoś) [Multani-Hindi Dictionary] (in Hindi), 1^st edition, Panipat: शुचि साहित्य सदन (śuci sāhitya sadan), →OCLC, page 228, column 2.

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