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): /ˈpiː.t̪i/

Noun

पीति • (pītí) stem, f

1. the act of drinking; a draught (the quantity of liquid drunk in one swallow)
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 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.

Declension

Feminine i-stem declension of पीति (pītí)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	पीतिः pītíḥ	पीती pītī́	पीतयः pītáyaḥ
Vocative	पीते pī́te	पीती pī́tī	पीतयः pī́tayaḥ
Accusative	पीतिम् pītím	पीती pītī́	पीतीः pītī́ḥ
Instrumental	पीत्या / पीती¹ pītyā́ / pītī́¹	पीतिभ्याम् pītíbhyām	पीतिभिः pītíbhiḥ
Dative	पीतये / पीत्यै² / पीती¹ pītáye / pītyaí² / pītī́¹	पीतिभ्याम् pītíbhyām	पीतिभ्यः pītíbhyaḥ
Ablative	पीतेः / पीत्याः² / पीत्यै³ pītéḥ / pītyā́ḥ² / pītyaí³	पीतिभ्याम् pītíbhyām	पीतिभ्यः pītíbhyaḥ
Genitive	पीतेः / पीत्याः² / पीत्यै³ pītéḥ / pītyā́ḥ² / pītyaí³	पीत्योः pītyóḥ	पीतीनाम् pītīnā́m
Locative	पीतौ / पीत्याम्² / पीता¹ pītaú / pītyā́m² / pītā́¹	पीत्योः pītyóḥ	पीतिषु pītíṣu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Later Sanskrit ³Brāhmaṇas

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “पीति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 629.