पीति
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- পীতি (Assamese script)
- ᬧᬷᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
- পীতি (Bengali script)
- 𑰢𑰱𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀧𑀻𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
- ပီတိ (Burmese script)
- પીતિ (Gujarati script)
- ਪੀਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌪𑍀𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
- ꦥꦷꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
- 𑂣𑂲𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
- ಪೀತಿ (Kannada script)
- បីតិ (Khmer script)
- ປີຕິ (Lao script)
- പീതി (Malayalam script)
- ᢒᡳᡳᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘢𑘲𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
- ᢒᠢᠢᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧂𑧓𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐥𑐷𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
- ପୀତି (Odia script)
- ꢦꢷꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆥𑆵𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
- 𑖢𑖱𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
- පීති (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩰𑩑𑩛𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚞𑚯𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
- பீதி (Tamil script)
- పీతి (Telugu script)
- ปีติ (Thai script)
- པཱི་ཏི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒣𑒲𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨞𑨁𑨊𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ph₃-tí-s (“act of drinking”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₃- (“to drink”). Cognate with Ancient Greek πόσις (pósis, “act of drinking”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /piː.tí/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /piː.t̪i/
Noun
पी॒ति • (pītí) stem, f
- the act of drinking; a draught (the quantity of liquid drunk in one swallow)
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.104.3:
- प्रोग्रां पीतिं वृष्ण इयर्मि सत्यां प्रयै सुतस्य हर्यश्व तुभ्यम् ।
इन्द्र धेनाभिरिह मादयस्व धीभिर्विश्वाभिः शच्या गृणानः ॥- progrāṃ pītiṃ vṛṣṇa iyarmi satyāṃ prayai sutasya haryaśva tubhyam.
indra dhenābhiriha mādayasva dhībhirviśvābhiḥ śacyā gṛṇānaḥ. - I offer thee a strong true draught to make thee start, O Bull, O thou whom Bay Steeds carry.
Here take delight, O Indra, in our voices while thou art hymned with power and all our spirit.
- progrāṃ pītiṃ vṛṣṇa iyarmi satyāṃ prayai sutasya haryaśva tubhyam.
- प्रोग्रां पीतिं वृष्ण इयर्मि सत्यां प्रयै सुतस्य हर्यश्व तुभ्यम् ।
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | पी॒तिः (pītíḥ) | पी॒ती (pītī́) | पी॒तयः॑ (pītáyaḥ) |
| accusative | पी॒तिम् (pītím) | पी॒ती (pītī́) | पी॒तीः (pītī́ḥ) |
| instrumental | पी॒त्या (pītyā́) पी॒ती¹ (pītī́¹) |
पी॒तिभ्या॑म् (pītíbhyām) | पी॒तिभिः॑ (pītíbhiḥ) |
| dative | पी॒तये॑ (pītáye) पी॒त्यै² (pītyái²) पी॒ती¹ (pītī́¹) |
पी॒तिभ्या॑म् (pītíbhyām) | पी॒तिभ्यः॑ (pītíbhyaḥ) |
| ablative | पी॒तेः (pītéḥ) पी॒त्याः² (pītyā́ḥ²) पी॒त्यै³ (pītyái³) |
पी॒तिभ्या॑म् (pītíbhyām) | पी॒तिभ्यः॑ (pītíbhyaḥ) |
| genitive | पी॒तेः (pītéḥ) पी॒त्याः² (pītyā́ḥ²) पी॒त्यै³ (pītyái³) |
पी॒त्योः (pītyóḥ) | पी॒ती॒नाम् (pītīnā́m) |
| locative | पी॒तौ (pītáu) पी॒त्याम्² (pītyā́m²) पी॒ता¹ (pītā́¹) |
पी॒त्योः (pītyóḥ) | पी॒तिषु॑ (pītíṣu) |
| vocative | पीते॑ (pī́te) | पीती॑ (pī́tī) | पीत॑यः (pī́tayaḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
- ²Later Sanskrit
- ³Brāhmaṇas
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “पीति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 629.