# पेट
## Ahirani
### Etymology

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

### Noun

पेट (peṭ) f
* 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

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀧𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀝 (*pēṭṭa, “belly”), derived from Dravidian; ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *poṭṭ-.

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /peːʈ/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

पेट • (peṭ) m (Urdu spelling پیٹ)
* (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)
* (figurative) womb
    शिशू कब पेट से बाहर आएगा?śiśū kab peṭ se bāhar āegā?When will the baby come out of the womb?

#### Synonyms

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

#### References

* Bahri, Caturvedi, Dasa-Hindi (2022) “पेट”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Hindi Dictionaries]
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “pēṭṭa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* পেট (Assamese script)
* ᬧᬾᬝ (Balinese script)
* পেট (Bengali script)
* 𑰢𑰸𑰘 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀧𑁂𑀝 (Brahmi script)
* ပေဋ (Burmese script)
* પેટ (Gujarati script)
* ਪੇਟ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌪𑍇𑌟 (Grantha script)
* ꦥꦺꦛ (Javanese script)
* 𑂣𑂵𑂗 (Kaithi script)
* ಪೇಟ (Kannada script)
* បេដ (Khmer script)
* ເປຏ (Lao script)
* പേട (Malayalam script)
* ᢒᡝᢞᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘢𑘹𑘘 (Modi script)
* ᢒᠧᢌᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧂𑧚𑦸 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐥𑐾𑐚 (Newa script)
* ପେଟ (Odia script)
* ꢦꢾꢜ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆥𑆼𑆛 (Sharada script)
* 𑖢𑖸𑖘 (Siddham script)
* පෙට (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩰𑩔𑩦 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚞𑚲𑚔 (Takri script)
* பேட (Tamil script)
* పేట (Telugu script)
* เปฏ (Thai script)
* པེ་ཊ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒣𑒹𑒙 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨞𑨄𑨔 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /pɐj.ʈɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈpeː.ʈɐ/

### Etymology 1

Of uncertain origin. Likely related to पिट (piṭa, “a basket, box”) and पेटक (peṭaka, “a little basket, casket”), and perhaps also to पटल (paṭala, “a roof, cover, basket”).

#### Noun

पेट • (peṭa) stem, m
* a basket, bag
* a multitude
* a retinue

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

From an incorrect parsing of चपेट (capeṭa, “a slap with the open hand”), with च taken as a separable prefix.

#### Noun

पेट • (peṭa) stem, m
* the open hand with the fingers expanded

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “पेट”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 648/2.
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 334