पेट

See also: पट, पुट, पेटी, पेटू, पैंट, and पोट

Ahirani

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀧𑀇𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀸 (païṭṭhā), from Sanskrit प्रतिष्ठा (pratiṣṭhā́).

Noun

पेट (peṭ) f

1. business district, market

Further reading

• डॉ॰ रमेश सीताराम सूर्यवंशी [Dr Ramesh Sitaram Suryawanshi] (1997), “पेट”, in आहिराणी शब्दकोश (आहिराणी - मराठी) [Ahirani Dictionary (Ahirani - Marathi)] (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: अक्षय प्रकाशन [Akshaya Prakashan], →ISBN, page 219, column 2; republished कन्नड तालुका, औरंगाबाद जिल्हा [Kannad Taluka, Aurangabad District]: अभ्यासिका प्रकाशन [Abhyasika Prakashan], 2013.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “pratiṣṭhāˊ”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 486

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit पेट (peṭa, “bag, basket”), from the root verb पिट् (piṭ, “to collect or heap together”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /peːʈ/

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Noun

पेट • (peṭ) m (Urdu spelling پیٹ‎)

1. (anatomy) belly, stomach

   मेरा पेट पूरी तरह से भरा है।

   merā peṭ pūrī tarah se bharā hai.

   My stomach is completely full.

   लोभी का पेट सदा ख़ाली। ― lobhī kā peṭ sadā xālī. ― A greedy man's stomach is always empty. (proverb)

2. (figurative) womb

   शिशू कब पेट से बाहर आएगा?

   śiśū kab peṭ se bāhar āegā?

   When will the baby come out of the womb?

Declension

Declension of पेट (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	पेट peṭ	पेट peṭ
oblique	पेट peṭ	पेटों peṭõ
vocative	पेट peṭ	पेटो peṭo

Synonyms

• (belly): मेदा (medā), उदर (udar)
• (womb): गर्भ (garbh)

References

• Bahri, Hardev (1989), “पेट”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
• Platts, John T. (1884), “पेट”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.