पित्त

See also: पत्ता, पुत्तो, पत्ती, and पतति

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit पित्त (pitta).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /pɪt̪t̪/, [pɪt̪(ː)]

Noun

पित्त • (pitt) m (Urdu spelling پت)

1. bile; gall
2. (figurative) anger

Declension

Declension of पित्त (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	पित्त pitt	पित्त pitt
oblique	पित्त pitt	पित्तों pittõ
vocative	पित्त pitt	पित्तो pitto

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• পিত্ত (Assamese script)
• ᬧᬶᬢ᭄ᬢ (Balinese script)
• পিত্ত (Bengali script)
• 𑰢𑰰𑰝𑰿𑰝 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀧𑀺𑀢𑁆𑀢 (Brahmi script)
• ပိတ္တ (Burmese script)
• પિત્ત (Gujarati script)
• ਪਿਤ੍ਤ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌪𑌿𑌤𑍍𑌤 (Grantha script)
• ꦥꦶꦠ꧀ꦠ (Javanese script)
• 𑂣𑂱𑂞𑂹𑂞 (Kaithi script)
• ಪಿತ್ತ (Kannada script)
• បិត្ត (Khmer script)
• ປິຕ຺ຕ (Lao script)
• പിത്ത (Malayalam script)
• ᢒᡳᢠᢠᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘢𑘱𑘝𑘿𑘝 (Modi script)
• ᢒᠢᢐᢐᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧂𑧒𑦽𑧠𑦽 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐥𑐶𑐟𑑂𑐟 (Newa script)
• ପିତ୍ତ (Odia script)
• ꢦꢶꢡ꣄ꢡ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆥𑆴𑆠𑇀𑆠 (Sharada script)
• 𑖢𑖰𑖝𑖿𑖝 (Siddham script)
• පිත‍්ත (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩰𑩑𑩫 𑪙𑩫 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚞𑚮𑚙𑚶𑚙 (Takri script)
• பித்த (Tamil script)
• పిత్త (Telugu script)
• ปิตฺต (Thai script)
• པི་ཏྟ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒣𑒱𑒞𑓂𑒞 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨞𑨁𑨙𑩇𑨙 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Of uncertain origin. Perhaps related to पीत (pīta, “yellow”), and along with it, derived from the root पी (pī, “to swell, fatten”) with semantic shift "fat" > "the color of fat" > "yellow" > "bile". It is also possible that पित्त (pitta) is the original term, with पीत (pīta) a derivative of it. Other theories proposing a Dravidian borrowing have been retracted by their authors.

Noun

पित्त • (pitta) stem, n

1. bile, the bilious humor (one of the three humors or that secreted between the stomach and bowels and flowing through the liver and permeating spleen, heart, eyes, and skin; its chief quality is heat)

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of पित्त (pitta)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	पित्तम् pittam	पित्ते pitte	पित्तानि / पित्ता¹ pittāni / pittā¹
Vocative	पित्त pitta	पित्ते pitte	पित्तानि / पित्ता¹ pittāni / pittā¹
Accusative	पित्तम् pittam	पित्ते pitte	पित्तानि / पित्ता¹ pittāni / pittā¹
Instrumental	पित्तेन pittena	पित्ताभ्याम् pittābhyām	पित्तैः / पित्तेभिः¹ pittaiḥ / pittebhiḥ¹
Dative	पित्ताय pittāya	पित्ताभ्याम् pittābhyām	पित्तेभ्यः pittebhyaḥ
Ablative	पित्तात् pittāt	पित्ताभ्याम् pittābhyām	पित्तेभ्यः pittebhyaḥ
Genitive	पित्तस्य pittasya	पित्तयोः pittayoḥ	पित्तानाम् pittānām
Locative	पित्ते pitte	पित्तयोः pittayoḥ	पित्तेषु pitteṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Assamese: পিত (pit)
• → Hindi: पित्त (pitt)
• → Tamil: பைத்தியம் (paittiyam)
• → Malayalam: പിത്തം (pittaṁ)
• → Telugu: పిత్తము (pittamu)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “पित्त”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 627/1.