पिष्ट

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *pištás, from Proto-Indo-European *pis-tó-s, from *peys- (“to crush, grind”). Cognate with Latin pistus, Middle Persian pst' (“brown flour”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /piʂ.ʈɐ́/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpiʂ.ʈɐ/

Adjective

पिष्ट • (piṣṭá)

1. crushed, ground
2. kneaded
3. (of the hands) clasped, squeezed, rubbed together

Declension

Noun

पिष्ट • (piṣṭá) stem, n

1. flour, meal
2. anything ground or crushed

Declension

Derived terms

• पिष्टज (piṣṭaja, “made of flour”)
• पिष्टपचन (piṣṭapacana, “pan for baking flour”)
• पिष्टक (piṣṭaka, “cake”)

Descendants

• Dardic:
  • Shina:
    • Phalura: پݜٹو (piṣṭo), پںݜ (pĩṣ)
    • Wotapuri-Katarqalai: pīṭ
• Pali: piṭṭha
• Prakrit: 𑀧𑀺𑀝𑁆𑀞 (piṭṭha)
  • Central:
    • Sauraseni Prakrit:
      • Awadhi: पीठा (pīṭhā)
      • Gujarati: પીઠ (pīṭh), પીઠી (pīṭhī), પીઠું (pīṭhũ)
      • Hindustani: pīṭhā, pīṭhī, piṭṭhī
        • Hindi: पीठा, पीठी, पीट्ठी
        • Urdu: پِیٹھَا, پِیٹھِی, پِیٹّھِی
  • Eastern:
    • Magadhi Prakrit:
      • Assamese: পিঠা (pitha)
      • Bengali: পিঠা (piṭha)
      • Bihari: पीठा (pīṭhā), पीट्ठा (piṭṭhā), पिट्ठी (piṭṭhī)
        • Bhojpuri: pīṭhā

          Devanagari script: पीठा

          Kaithi script: 𑂣𑂲𑂘𑂰

        • Maithili: piṭhār

          Devanagari script: पिठार

          Tirhuta script: 𑒣𑒱𑒚𑒰𑒩

      • Odia: ପିଠା (piṭha)
  • Northern:
    • Sauraseni Prakrit:
      • Kumaoni: पीठो (pīṭho), पिठि (piṭhi)
      • Nepali: पिठो (piṭho)
  • Southern:
    • Helu Prakrit:
      • Dhivehi: ފުށް (fuṣ̊)
      • Sinhalese: පිටි (piṭi)
    • Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀧𑀺𑀝𑁆𑀞 (piṭṭha)
      • Marathi: पीठ (pīṭh), पिठी (piṭhī)
      • Konkani: पीट (pīṭ), पिट्टि (piṭṭi)
      • → Old Kannada: ಪಿಟ್ಟು (piṭṭu)
        • Kannada: ಹಿಟ್ಟು (hiṭṭu)
  • Western:
    • Paisaci Prakrit:
      • Punjabi: pīṭṭhā, pīṭh, pīṭhī

        Gurmukhi script: ਪੀਠਾ, ਪੀਠ, ਪੀਠੀ

        Shahmukhi script: پِیٹّھَا, پِیٹھ, پِیھِی

        • Lahnda: پیٹھا (pīṭhā)
      • Sindhi: pīṭho, pīṭhī

        Devanagari script: पीठो, पीठी

        Arabic script: پِيٺو, پِیٹھِی

  • → Santali: ᱯᱤᱴᱷᱟ (piṭha)
  • → Kannada: ಹಿಟ್ಟು (hiṭṭu)
  • → Malayalam: പുട്ട് (puṭṭŭ) (perhaps)
  • → Tamil: பிட்டு (piṭṭu), புட்டு (puṭṭu) (perhaps)
  • → Telugu: పిట్టు (piṭṭu)

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “pista”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 465