# पीठ
## Hindi
### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /piːʈʰ/

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sanskrit पीठ (pīṭha).

#### Noun

पीठ • (pīṭh) m (Urdu spelling پیٹھ)
* seat, bench, desk
* base, plinth (of a statue)
* altar
* (Hinduism) seat of a deity

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀧𑀺𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀺 (piṭṭhi), from Sanskrit पृष्ठ (pṛṣṭha), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pr̥štʰás (“back”), from Proto-Indo-European *pr̥-sth₂-ós. Cognate with Punjabi ਪਿੱਠ (piṭṭh), Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬭𐬱𐬙𐬀 (paršta), Persian پشت (pošt, “back”), and Proto-Slavic *pьrstъ.

#### Noun

पीठ • (pīṭh) f (Urdu spelling پیٹھ)
* back (rear of the body)

##### Declension
#### References

* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “pr̥ṣṭí”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

## Marathi
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Marathi पीठ (pīṭha), Maharastri Prakrit 𑀧𑀺𑀝𑁆𑀞 (piṭṭha), from Sanskrit पिष्ट (piṣṭa). Cognate to Assamese পিঠা (pitha), Bengali পিঠা (piṭha), Kannada ಹಿಟ್ಟು (hiṭṭu), Konkani पिट्टि (piṭṭi), Odia ପିଠା (piṭhā).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /piʈʰ/, [piːʈʰ]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

पीठ • (pīṭh) n
* flour
* meal, except that of wheat

#### Derived terms

* पिठले (piṭhle, “a boiled and spicy sauce made of gram flour”)

### See also

* कणीक (kaṇīk, “flour or meal which may be made of wheat”)

### References

* Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “पीठ”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
* Shankar Gopal Tulpule, Anne Feldhaus (1999) “पीठ”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “piṣṭá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* pīṭha (Latin script)
* 𑀧𑀻𑀞 (Brahmi script)
* পীঠ (Bengali script)
* පීඨ (Sinhalese script)
* ပီဌ or ပဳဌ or ပီꩧ (Burmese script)
* ปีฐ or ปีฐะ (Thai script)
* ᨷᩦᨮ (Tai Tham script)
* ປີຐ or ປີຐະ (Lao script)
* បីឋ (Khmer script)
* 𑄛𑄩𑄒 (Chakma script)

### Noun

पीठ n
* Devanagari script form of pīṭha (“chair”)

#### Declension
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* পীঠ (Assamese script)
* ᬧᬷᬞ (Balinese script)
* পীঠ (Bengali script)
* 𑰢𑰱𑰙 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀧𑀻𑀞 (Brahmi script)
* ပီဌ (Burmese script)
* પીઠ (Gujarati script)
* ਪੀਠ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌪𑍀𑌠 (Grantha script)
* ꦥꦷꦜ (Javanese script)
* 𑂣𑂲𑂘 (Kaithi script)
* ಪೀಠ (Kannada script)
* បីឋ (Khmer script)
* ປີຐ (Lao script)
* പീഠ (Malayalam script)
* ᢒᡳᡳᡱᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘢𑘲𑘙 (Modi script)
* ᢒᠢᠢᢍᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧂𑧓𑦹 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐥𑐷𑐛 (Newa script)
* ପୀଠ (Odia script)
* ꢦꢷꢝ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆥𑆵𑆜 (Sharada script)
* 𑖢𑖱𑖙 (Siddham script)
* පීඨ (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩰𑩑𑩛𑩧 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚞𑚯𑚕 (Takri script)
* பீட² (Tamil script)
* పీఠ (Telugu script)
* ปีฐ (Thai script)
* པཱི་ཋ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒣𑒲𑒚 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨞𑨁𑨊𑨕 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

Likely a substrate borrowing, as evidenced by phonetic variants which were precursors to derivatives in modern descendants.

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /piː.ʈʰɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈpiː.ʈʰɐ/

### Noun

पीठ • (pīṭha) stem, n
* seat, bench, desk, stool, chair
* a religious student's seat (made properly of Kuśa grass)
* case, pedestal (esp. of an idol)
* royal seat, throne
* place, office
* base, plinth (of a statue)
* altar
* (religious) seat of a deity
* a district, province
* a particular posture in sitting
* (geometry) the complement of a segment

#### Descendants

* Pali: pīṭha
* → Hindi: पीठ (pīṭh) (learned)
* → Telugu: పీఠము (pīṭhamu) (learned)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “पीठ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 629/1.
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 136
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 291

### Further reading

* Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “pīṭha”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.