pīḷeti
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
- 𑀧𑀻𑀴𑁂𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
- पीळेति (Devanagari script)
- পীল়েতি (Bengali script)
- පීළෙති (Sinhalese script)
- ပီဠေတိ or ပဳဠေတိ or ပီꩮေတိ (Burmese script)
- ปีเฬติ (Thai script)
- ᨷᩦᩊᩮᨲᩥ (Tai Tham script)
- ປີເຬຕິ (Lao script)
- បីឡេតិ (Khmer script)
- 𑄛𑄩𑅄𑄬𑄖𑄨 (Chakma script)
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit *पीळयति (*pīḷayati), पीडयति (pīḍayati, “squeezes, presses, torments”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pižd-, from Proto-Indo-European *pisd- (“to press, squeeze”).
Verb
pīḷeti
- to bother, bully, distress
- to mistreat, mishandle