पित्त

See also: पत्ता, पुत्तो, पत्ती, and पतति

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit पित्त (pitta).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) 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 Other theories proposing a Dravidian borrowing have been retracted by their authors.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

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	पित्तम् (pittam)	पित्ते (pitte)	पित्तानि (pittāni) पित्ता¹ (pittā¹)
vocative	पित्त (pitta)	पित्ते (pitte)	पित्तानि (pittāni) पित्ता¹ (pittā¹)
accusative	पित्तम् (pittam)	पित्ते (pitte)	पित्तानि (pittāni) पित्ता¹ (pittā¹)
instrumental	पित्तेन (pittena)	पित्ताभ्याम् (pittābhyām)	पित्तैः (pittaiḥ) पित्तेभिः¹ (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)

• 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.