पिट

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• পিট (Assamese script)
• ᬧᬶᬝ (Balinese script)
• পিট (Bengali script)
• 𑰢𑰰𑰘 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀧𑀺𑀝 (Brahmi script)
• ပိဋ (Burmese script)
• પિટ (Gujarati script)
• ਪਿਟ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌪𑌿𑌟 (Grantha script)
• ꦥꦶꦛ (Javanese script)
• 𑂣𑂱𑂗 (Kaithi script)
• ಪಿಟ (Kannada script)
• បិដ (Khmer script)
• ປິຏ (Lao script)
• പിട (Malayalam script)
• ᢒᡳᢞᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘢𑘱𑘘 (Modi script)
• ᢒᠢᢌᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧂𑧒𑦸 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐥𑐶𑐚 (Newa script)
• ପିଟ (Odia script)
• ꢦꢶꢜ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆥𑆴𑆛 (Sharada script)
• 𑖢𑖰𑖘 (Siddham script)
• පිට (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩰𑩑𑩦 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚞𑚮𑚔 (Takri script)
• பிட (Tamil script)
• పిట (Telugu script)
• ปิฏ (Thai script)
• པི་ཊ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒣𑒱𑒙 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨞𑨁𑨔 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Borrowed from Dravidian, compare Malayalam പെട്ടി (peṭṭi, “box”). Related to पेटक (peṭaka, “basket”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pi.ʈɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.ʈɐ/

Noun

पिट • (piṭa) stem, m or n

1. a basket, box
2. a roof
3. a sort of cupboard or granary made of bamboos or canes

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of पिट (piṭa)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	पिटः piṭaḥ	पिटौ / पिटा¹ piṭau / piṭā¹	पिटाः / पिटासः¹ piṭāḥ / piṭāsaḥ¹
Vocative	पिट piṭa	पिटौ / पिटा¹ piṭau / piṭā¹	पिटाः / पिटासः¹ piṭāḥ / piṭāsaḥ¹
Accusative	पिटम् piṭam	पिटौ / पिटा¹ piṭau / piṭā¹	पिटान् piṭān
Instrumental	पिटेन piṭena	पिटाभ्याम् piṭābhyām	पिटैः / पिटेभिः¹ piṭaiḥ / piṭebhiḥ¹
Dative	पिटाय piṭāya	पिटाभ्याम् piṭābhyām	पिटेभ्यः piṭebhyaḥ
Ablative	पिटात् piṭāt	पिटाभ्याम् piṭābhyām	पिटेभ्यः piṭebhyaḥ
Genitive	पिटस्य piṭasya	पिटयोः piṭayoḥ	पिटानाम् piṭānām
Locative	पिटे piṭe	पिटयोः piṭayoḥ	पिटेषु piṭeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Neuter a-stem declension of पिट (piṭa)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	पिटम् piṭam	पिटे piṭe	पिटानि / पिटा¹ piṭāni / piṭā¹
Vocative	पिट piṭa	पिटे piṭe	पिटानि / पिटा¹ piṭāni / piṭā¹
Accusative	पिटम् piṭam	पिटे piṭe	पिटानि / पिटा¹ piṭāni / piṭā¹
Instrumental	पिटेन piṭena	पिटाभ्याम् piṭābhyām	पिटैः / पिटेभिः¹ piṭaiḥ / piṭebhiḥ¹
Dative	पिटाय piṭāya	पिटाभ्याम् piṭābhyām	पिटेभ्यः piṭebhyaḥ
Ablative	पिटात् piṭāt	पिटाभ्याम् piṭābhyām	पिटेभ्यः piṭebhyaḥ
Genitive	पिटस्य piṭasya	पिटयोः piṭayoḥ	पिटानाम् piṭānām
Locative	पिटे piṭe	पिटयोः piṭayoḥ	पिटेषु piṭeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “पिट”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 625/2.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 322