# पृष्ठ
## Hindi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit पृष्ठ (pṛṣṭha). Doublet of पुट्ठा (puṭṭhā).

### Noun

पृष्ठ • (pŕṣṭh) m
* page
    Synonym: पन्ना (pannā)
* back, rear
    Synonym: पिछला (pichlā)

#### Derived terms

* पृष्ठभूमि (pŕṣṭhabhūmi)

### References

* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “पृष्ठ”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

## Marathi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit पृष्ठ (pṛṣṭha).

### Noun

पृष्ठ • (pŕṣṭha) n
* back, rear, hinder part
* page

### References

* Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “पृष्ठ”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press

## Nepali
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [pɾis̠t̠ʰʌ]
* Phonetic Devanagari: प्रिस्ठ

### Noun

पृष्ठ • (pr̥ṣṭha)
* page (of a book); webpage

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* পৃষ্ঠ (Assamese script)
* ᬧᬺᬱ᭄ᬞ (Balinese script)
* পৃষ্ঠ (Bengali script)
* 𑰢𑰴𑰬𑰿𑰙 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀧𑀾𑀱𑁆𑀞 (Brahmi script)
* ပၖၑ္ဌ (Burmese script)
* પૃષ્ઠ (Gujarati script)
* ਪ੍ਰਸ਼੍ਠ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌪𑍃𑌷𑍍𑌠 (Grantha script)
* ꦥꦽꦰ꧀ꦜ (Javanese script)
* 𑂣𑃂𑂭𑂹𑂘 (Kaithi script)
* ಪೃಷ್ಠ (Kannada script)
* ប្ឫឞ្ឋ (Khmer script)
* ປ຺ຣິຩ຺ຐ (Lao script)
* പൃഷ്ഠ (Malayalam script)
* ᢒᡵᡳᢢᡱᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘢𑘵𑘬𑘿𑘙 (Modi script)
* ᢒᠷᠢᢔᢍᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧂𑧖𑧌𑧠𑦹 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐥𑐺𑐲𑑂𑐛 (Newa script)
* ପୃଷ୍ଠ (Odia script)
* ꢦꢺꢰ꣄ꢝ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆥𑆸𑆰𑇀𑆜 (Sharada script)
* 𑖢𑖴𑖬𑖿𑖙 (Siddham script)
* පෘෂ‍්ඨ (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩰𑩙𑪀 𑪙𑩧 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚞𑚶𑚕 (Takri script)
* ப்ரிஷ்ட² (Tamil script)
* పృష్ఠ (Telugu script)
* ปฺฤษฺฐ (Thai script)
* པྲྀ་ཥྛ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒣𑒵𑒭𑓂𑒚 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨞𑨼𑨉𑨯𑩇𑨕 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *pr̥štʰám (“back”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬭𐬱𐬙𐬀 (paršta), Persian پشت (pošt, “back”), Proto-Slavic *pьrstъ.

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /pr̩ʂ.ʈʰɐ́/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈpr̩ʂ.ʈʰɐ/

### Noun

पृष्ठ • (pṛṣṭhá) stem, n
* the back; the hinder part or rear of anything
** c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.58.2:अत्यो न पृष्ठं प्रुषितस्य रोचते दिवो न सानु स्तनयन्नचिक्रदत् ॥atyo na pṛṣṭhaṃ pruṣitasya rocate divo na sānu stanayannacikradat.His back, as he is sprinkled, glistens like a horse: loud hath he roared and shouted like the heights of heaven
* the upper side, surface, top, height
    with दिवः (diváḥ), or नाकस्य (nā́kasya) — the surface of the sky, vault of heaven; cf. घृतपृष्ठ (ghṛta-pṛṣṭha)
* the flat roof of a house
* a page of a book
* name of particular arrangement of Samans (employed at the midday libation and formed from the रथंतर (rathaṃtara), बृहत् (bṛhat), वैरूप (vairūpa), वैराज (vairāja), शाक्वर (śākvara), and रैवत शाक्वर (raivata śākvara))
* name of various Samans

#### Derived terms

* मलपृष्ठ (malapṛṣṭha)
* जालपृष्ठ (jālapṛṣṭha)

#### Descendants

* Pali: piṭṭhē (“on”), piṭṭhēna (“beside, along”)
* Dardic:
** Dameli: [script needed] (piṣṭ, “hillside”)
** Kalasha: [script needed] (pīṣṭo, “after”)
** Kashmiri: پیٹھ (pyuṭhü)
** Shina: پٹ (pĭṭŭ, “back”)
* Prakrit: 𑀧𑀺𑀝𑁆𑀞 (piṭṭha), 𑀧𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞 (puṭṭha), 𑀧𑀝𑁆𑀞 (paṭṭha)
** Eastern:
*** Magadhi Prakrit:
**** Assamese: পিঠি (pithi)
**** Bengali: পিঠ (piṭh)
**** Odia: ପଥା (pathā, “small grassy eminence in a river”), ପାଥଲେ (pāthale, “behind”)
**** Rohingya: fith
**** Sylheti: ꠙꠤꠑ (fiṭó)
** Central:
*** Sauraseni Prakrit:
**** Hindi: पीठ (pīṭh), पुट्ठा (puṭṭhā), पूठ (pūṭh, “buttock”), पूठा (pūṭhā, “cover of a book”)
**** Gujarati: પાઠું (pāṭhũ, “fatal tumour on backbone, anthrax, carbuncle”), પૂઠું (pūṭhũ, “cover of a book, hips”), પુઠિયાં (puṭhiyā̃, “felloes of a wheel, hips”), પુઠે (puṭhe, “next”)
** Northern:
*** Garhwali: पूठु (pūṭhu, “hip”), पीठ (pīṭh)
*** Kumaoni: पूठ (“back, hind part of body”)
*** Nepali: पुट्ठा (puṭṭhā, “buttock”)
*** Western Pahari:
**** Bhadrawahi: पिट्ठ (piṭṭh)
** Southern:
*** Elu Prakrit:
**** Sinhalese: පිට (piṭa, “back; outside”), පිටු (piṭu, “pages of a book”)
*** Maharastri Prakrit:
**** Marathi: पुठा (puṭhā), पुट्ठा (puṭṭhā, “buttock of an animal, leather cover of account book”)
** Western:
*** Paisaci Prakrit:
**** Punjabi: ਪਿੱਠ (piṭṭha), ਪੁੱਠਾ (puṭṭhā, “buttock of an animal”)
***** Lahnda: پٹھا (“hindquarter of an animal”), پٹھ (“back, wrongside of cloth”)
**** Sindhi: پُٺو (“pasteboard cover of a book”)
***** Kachchi: પૂઠુ (pūṭhu, “hip”), પૌઠા (pauṭhā, “back”)
* → Hindi: पृष्ठ (pŕṣṭh)
* → Marathi: पृष्ठ (pŕṣṭha)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “पृष्ठ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 647/3.
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 165-6
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “prstha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 474

### Further reading

* Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “pṛṣṭha”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.