"पित्त" meaning in Sanskrit

See पित्त in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps related to पीत (pīta, “yellow”), and along with it, derived from the root पी (pī, “to swell, fatten”) with semantic shift "fat" > "the color of fat" > "yellow" > "bile". It is also possible that पित्त (pitta) is the original term, with पीत (pīta) a derivative of it. Other theories proposing a Dravidian borrowing have been retracted by their authors. Etymology templates: {{uncertain|sa|nocap=1}} uncertain, {{ncog|dra|-}} Dravidian Head templates: {{sa-noun|g=n|tr=pitta}} पित्त • (pitta) stem, n Inflection templates: {{sa-decl-noun-n}} Forms: pitta [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], पित्तम् [nominative, singular], पित्ते [dual, nominative], पित्तानि [nominative, plural], पित्ता1 [nominative, plural], पित्तम् [accusative, singular], पित्ते [accusative, dual], पित्तानि [accusative, plural], पित्ता1 [accusative, plural], पित्तेन [instrumental, singular], पित्ताभ्याम् [dual, instrumental], पित्तैः [instrumental, plural], पित्तेभिः1 [instrumental, plural], पित्ताय [dative, singular], पित्ताभ्याम् [dative, dual], पित्तेभ्यः [dative, plural], पित्तात् [ablative, singular], पित्ताभ्याम् [ablative, dual], पित्तेभ्यः [ablative, plural], पित्तस्य [genitive, singular], पित्तयोः [dual, genitive], पित्तानाम् [genitive, plural], पित्ते [locative, singular], पित्तयोः [dual, locative], पित्तेषु [locative, plural], पित्त [singular, vocative], पित्ते [dual, vocative], पित्तानि [plural, vocative], पित्ता1 [plural, vocative]
  1. bile, the bilious humor (one of the three humors or that secreted between the stomach and bowels and flowing through the liver and permeating spleen, heart, eyes, and skin; its chief quality is heat)
    Sense id: en-पित्त-sa-noun-vt6qNtcb Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header, Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters, Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations Synonyms: अग्नि (agni), अनल, भ्राजक, कान्तिद, मायु, पललज्वर, पलाग्नि, पलंकर, तेजस्, तिक्तधातु, उष्ण
     
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      "form": "पित्ता1",
      "roman": "pittā1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "n",
        "tr": "pitta"
      },
      "expansion": "पित्त • (pitta) stem, n",
      "name": "sa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "sa-decl-noun-n"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Sanskrit",
  "lang_code": "sa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Sanskrit a-stem nouns",
        "Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header",
        "Sanskrit lemmas",
        "Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Sanskrit neuter nouns",
        "Sanskrit nouns",
        "Sanskrit nouns in Devanagari script",
        "Sanskrit terms with redundant transliterations",
        "Sanskrit terms with unknown etymologies"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bile, the bilious humor (one of the three humors or that secreted between the stomach and bowels and flowing through the liver and permeating spleen, heart, eyes, and skin; its chief quality is heat)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bile",
          "bile"
        ],
        [
          "bilious",
          "bilious"
        ],
        [
          "humor",
          "humor"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:पित्त",
      "word": "अग्नि (agni)"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:पित्त",
      "word": "अनल"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:पित्त",
      "word": "भ्राजक"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:पित्त",
      "word": "कान्तिद"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:पित्त",
      "word": "मायु"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:पित्त",
      "word": "पललज्वर"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:पित्त",
      "word": "पलाग्नि"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:पित्त",
      "word": "पलंकर"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:पित्त",
      "word": "तेजस्"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:पित्त",
      "word": "तिक्तधातु"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:पित्त",
      "word": "उष्ण"
    }
  ],
  "word": "पित्त"
}

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