Saraiki

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Etymology

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Saraiki verb set
پِیْوَݨ (pīvaṇ)
پِیْواوَݨ (pīvāvaṇ), پِواوَݨ (pivāvaṇ), پِلْواوَݨ (pilvāvaṇ)

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀧𑀺𑀯𑀇 / पिवइ / ಪಿವಇ (pivaï), from Sanskrit पिबति (píbati).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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پِیوَݨ (pīvaṇ) (Devanagari पीवण, Multani 𑊛𑊤𑊕) (transitive)

  1. to drink
  2. to refrain, restrain
  3. to absorb

Further reading

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  • پِیوْنڑ”, in Dictionary of the Jatki Or Western Panjábi Language, United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis, 2019 (originally published in 1900), →ISBN, page 74, column 1
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “píbati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 464