# पीत
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* পীত (Assamese script)
* ᬧᬷᬢ (Balinese script)
* পীত (Bengali script)
* 𑰢𑰱𑰝 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀧𑀻𑀢 (Brahmi script)
* ပီတ (Burmese script)
* પીત (Gujarati script)
* ਪੀਤ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌪𑍀𑌤 (Grantha script)
* ꦥꦷꦠ (Javanese script)
* 𑂣𑂲𑂞 (Kaithi script)
* ಪೀತ (Kannada script)
* បីត (Khmer script)
* ປີຕ (Lao script)
* പീത (Malayalam script)
* ᢒᡳᡳᢠᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘢𑘲𑘝 (Modi script)
* ᢒᠢᠢᢐᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧂𑧓𑦽 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐥𑐷𑐟 (Newa script)
* ପୀତ (Odia script)
* ꢦꢷꢡ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆥𑆵𑆠 (Sharada script)
* 𑖢𑖱𑖝 (Siddham script)
* පීත (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩰𑩑𑩛𑩫 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚞𑚯𑚙 (Takri script)
* பீத (Tamil script)
* పీత (Telugu script)
* ปีต (Thai script)
* པཱི་ཏ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒣𑒲𑒞 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨞𑨁𑨊𑨙 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Pronunciation

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

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *pᵢHtás, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₃-tó-s (“drunk, imbibed”), from *peh₃- (“to drink”). Cognate with Latin pōtus, Ancient Greek ποτός (potós), Persian نبید (na-bid, “wine”). The Sanskrit root is पा (pā, “to drink”).
The "soaked" meaning may derive from the root पी (pī, “to soak, fatten”) or otherwise be influenced by it.

#### Adjective

पीत • (pītá) stem
* drunk, imbibed, sipped, quaffed, sipped
** c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 8.48.10:ऋदूदरेण सख्या सचेय यो मा न रिष्येद्धर्यश्व पीतः । अयं यः सोमो न्यधाय्यस्मे तस्मा इन्द्रं प्रतिरमेम्यायुः ॥ṛdūdareṇa sakhyā saceya yo mā na riṣyeddharyaśva pītaḥ. ayaṃ yaḥ somo nyadhāyyasme tasmā indraṃ pratiramemyāyuḥ.O Lord of Horses, may I be with the Friend [Soma] whose heart is tender, who, when drunk will never harm me This Soma now deposited within me. For this, I pray for longer life to Indra.
* soaked, saturated, filled with (with instrumental of the object)

##### Descendants

* Pali: pīta
* Prakrit: 𑀧𑀻𑀅 (pīa)
* Gandhari: 𐨤𐨁𐨡 (pida)

### Etymology 2

Of uncertain origin. Perhaps related to पित्त (pitta, “bile”), and along with it, derived from the root पी (pī, “to swell, fatten”) with semantic shift "fat" > "the color of fat (like butter and oil)" > "yellow". It is also possible that पित्त (pitta) is the original term, with पीत (pīta) a derivative of it; in this case, whether पित्त (pitta) derives from पी (pī) is less clear.

#### Adjective

पीत • (pīta) stem
* yellow (the color of the Vaiśyas, white being that of the Brāhmans, red that of the Kṣatriyas, and black that of the Śūdras)

#### Noun

पीत • (pīta) stem, m
* yellow color
* a yellow substance

##### Derived terms

* पीतक (pītaka)
* पीतल (pītala)

### Further reading

* Monier Williams (1899) “पीत”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 629/2-3.
* Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “पीत”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
* ↑ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 113
* ↑ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 137