pīti

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀧𑀻𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• पीति (Devanagari script)
• পীতি (Bengali script)
• පීති (Sinhalese script)
• ပီတိ or ပဳတိ (Burmese script)
• ปีติ (Thai script)
• ᨷᩦᨲᩥ (Tai Tham script)
• ປີຕິ (Lao script)
• បីតិ (Khmer script)
• 𑄛𑄩𑄖𑄨 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit प्रीति (prīti). Cognate with Ashokan Prakrit 𐨤𐨿𐨪𐨁𐨟𐨁 (priti, Shahbazgarhi), 𑀧𑀻𑀢𑀻 (pītī, Girnar), 𑀧𑀺𑀢𑀺 (piti, Kalsi).

Noun

pīti f

1. joy, delight, pleasure

Declension

Declension table of "pīti" (feminine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	pīti	pītiyo or pītī
Accusative (second)	pītiṃ	pītiyo or pītī
Instrumental (third)	pītiyā	pītīhi or pītībhi
Dative (fourth)	pītiyā	pītīnaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	pītiyā or pītyā	pītīhi or pītībhi
Genitive (sixth)	pītiyā	pītīnaṃ
Locative (seventh)	pītiyā or pītiyaṃ or pītyaṃ	pītīsu
Vocative (calling)	pīti	pītiyo or pītī

Descendants

• → Burmese: ပီတိ (piti.)
• → Khmer: បីតិ (pəyteʼ)
• → Shan: ပီႇတီႉ (pìi tḭ̂i)
• → Thai: ปิติ (bpì-dtì)

References

• Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “pīti”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead, page 462
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “pīti”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press