pīḷeti

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀧𑀻𑀴𑁂𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• पीळेति (Devanagari script)
• পীল়েতি (Bengali script)
• පීළෙති (Sinhalese script)
• ပီဠေတိ or ပဳဠေတိ or ပီꩮေတိ (Burmese script)
• ปีเฬติ (Thai script)
• ᨷᩦᩊᩮᨲᩥ (Tai Tham script)
• ປີເຬຕິ (Lao script)
• បីឡេតិ (Khmer script)
• 𑄛𑄩𑅄𑄬𑄖𑄨 (Chakma script)

Etymology

From Sanskrit *पीळयति (*pīḷayati), पीडयति (pīḍayati, “squeezes, presses, torments”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pižd-, from Proto-Indo-European *pisd- (“to press, squeeze”).

Verb

pīḷeti

1. to bother, bully, distress
2. to mistreat, mishandle