# पलित
## Hindi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit पलित (palitá).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /pə.lɪt̪/, [pɐ.lɪt̪]

### Adjective

पलित • (palit) (indeclinable)
* (rare, formal) grey, gray-haired, aged, old

### References

* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “पलित”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
* Platts, John T. (1884) “पलित”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* পলিত (Assamese script)
* ᬧᬮᬶᬢ (Balinese script)
* পলিত (Bengali script)
* 𑰢𑰩𑰰𑰝 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀧𑀮𑀺𑀢 (Brahmi script)
* ပလိတ (Burmese script)
* પલિત (Gujarati script)
* ਪਲਿਤ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌪𑌲𑌿𑌤 (Grantha script)
* ꦥꦭꦶꦠ (Javanese script)
* 𑂣𑂪𑂱𑂞 (Kaithi script)
* ಪಲಿತ (Kannada script)
* បលិត (Khmer script)
* ປລິຕ (Lao script)
* പലിത (Malayalam script)
* ᢒᠠᠯᡳᢠᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘢𑘩𑘱𑘝 (Modi script)
* ᢒᠠᠯᠢᢐᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧂𑧉𑧒𑦽 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐥𑐮𑐶𑐟 (Newa script)
* ପଲିତ (Odia script)
* ꢦꢭꢶꢡ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆥𑆬𑆴𑆠 (Sharada script)
* 𑖢𑖩𑖰𑖝 (Siddham script)
* පලිත (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩰𑩽𑩑𑩫 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚞𑚥𑚮𑚙 (Takri script)
* பலித (Tamil script)
* పలిత (Telugu script)
* ปลิต (Thai script)
* པ་ལི་ཏ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒣𑒪𑒱𑒞 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨞𑨬𑨁𑨙 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *palHtás ~ parHtás, from Proto-Indo-European *polH-tós, from *pelH- (“gray, pale”). Cognate with Latin pallidus, Ancient Greek πελιτνός (pelitnós), Old Armenian ալիք (alikʻ, “wave, gray hair”). Also compare Hurrian 𒉺𒊑𒋫𒀭𒉡 (pa-ri-ta-an-nu /⁠parita-nnu⁠/), an ancient borrowing from Old Indo-Aryan.

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /pɐ.li.tɐ́/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /pɐ.l̪i.t̪ɐ/

### Adjective

पलित • (palitá) stem
* grey, hoary, old, aged
** c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic
* ¹Vedic
* ²Brāhmaṇas
* ¹Vedic
* ²Brāhmaṇas
* ¹Vedic

#### Derived terms

* पालित्य (pā́litya, “greyness of old age”)

#### Descendants

* Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀧𑀮𑀺𑀅 (palia)
* Pali: palita
* → Tamil: பலிதம் (palitam)
* → Hindi: पलित (palit)

### See also

Colors in Sanskrit · रङ्ग (raṅga) (layout · text) :
| श्वेत (śvetá), शुक्ल (śuklá), शुभ्र (śubhrá), धवल (dhavalá), कर्पूर (karpū́ra), गौर (gaura), | धूमल (dhūmala), धूसर (dhūsara), पलित (palitá), मलिन (malina), रजत (rajata), कपोतक (kapotaká) | कृष्ण (kṛṣṇa), काल (kāla), श्याम (śyāma), श्याव (śyāva), कज्जल (kajjala) |
| रक्त (rakta), रुधिर (rudhira), सिन्दूर (sindūra), अरुष (aruṣa), ताम्र (tāmra); रोहित (rohita), लोहित (lohita), कार्मिज (kārmija) | नारङ्ग (nāraṅga), कमल (kamala); कद्रु (kadru), बभ्रु (babhru), कपिश (kapiśa) | पीत (pīta), कषाय (kaṣāya), पिङ्गल (piṅgala); पाण्डु (pāṇḍu), हिरण्य (hiraṇya), |
| शादहरित (śā́daharita) | हरित (harita), पलाश (palāśa), शाद्वल (śādvala), मारकत (mārakata) | नील (nī́la) |
| कपोतक (kapotaká) | आकाशवर्ण (ākāśavarṇa) , राजावर्त (rājāvarta), वैडूर्य (vaiḍūrya) | नील (nī́la), मेचक (mecaka), कालक (kālaka) |
| धूम्र (dhūmra); तुत्थ (tuttha) | शोण (śoṇa), नीललोहित (nīlalohita), कर्पूरगौर (karpūragaura), | पाटल (pāṭala), अरुण (aruṇa), ब्रध्न (bradhna), ब्रध्न (bradhna) |

### Noun

पलित • (palitá) stem, n
* grey hair (also in plural)
* a tuft of hair
* mud, mire
* heat, burning

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic

### Proper noun

पलित • (palitá) stem, m
* name of a mouse
* name of a prince

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic

### References

* Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “पलित”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan