पिबति
Sanskrit
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *píbati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *píbati, from Proto-Indo-European *píbeti, late variant of *píph₃eti, reduplication of *peh₃- (“to drink”). Cognate with Old Church Slavonic пити (piti), Ancient Greek πίνω (pínō), Latin bibō.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /pí.bɐ.t̪i/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpi.bɐ.t̪i/
Verb
पिबति • (píbati) (cl.1 P. root √pā)
- to drink, quaff, suck, sip, swallow (with accusative, rarely genitive)
- (figuratively) to imbibe, draw in, appropriate, enjoy, feast upon (with the eyes, ears etc.)
- to drink up, exhaust, absorb
- to drink intoxicating liquors
- (causative) to cause to drink, give to drink, water (horses or cattle)
- (desiderative) to wish to drink, thirst
- (desiderative of causative) to wish or intend to give to drink
- (intensive) to drink greedily or repeatedly
Descendants
- Assamese: পিয়া (pia)
- Hindi: पीना (pīnā)
- Urdu: پینا (pīnā)