पीक

Hindi

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan. Compare Bengali পিক (pik, “spit”), Assamese পিক (pik, “spit of juice of betel, spit”), Gujarati પિક (pik, “saliva”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /piːk/

Noun

पीक • (pīk) f

juice from paan (a snack made from betel leaf) that is often spat out

Declension

Declension of पीक
	Singular	Plural
Direct	पीक (pīk)	पीकें (pīkẽ)
Oblique	पीक (pīk)	पीकों (pīkõ)
Vocative	पीक (pīk)	पीको (pīko)

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “पीक”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 624
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “pikkā (8144)”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

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