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 \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)pītipītiyo or pītī
Accusative (second)pītiṃpītiyo or pītī
Instrumental (third)pītiyāpītīhi or pītībhi
Dative (fourth)pītiyāpītīnaṃ
Ablative (fifth)pītiyā or pītyāpītīhi or pītībhi
Genitive (sixth)pītiyāpītīnaṃ
Locative (seventh)pītiyā or pītiyaṃ or pītyaṃpītīsu
Vocative (calling)pītipītiyo 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
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