As a Hindi name
पीतल · noun · masculine
एक प्रसिद्ध उपधातु ज ो ताँबे और जस्ते के संयोग से बनती हैं । कभी कभी इसमें राँगे या सीसे का कुछ अंश मिलाया जाता है · पीला रंग । पीत वर्ण (को॰) — Śabdasāgara
पीतल · adj
पीत वर्ण का । पीला — Śabdasāgara
पीतल · pītal · s.m.
Brass; bronze — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 295
पीतल · pītal · adj.
Yellow — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 295
पीतल · masculine
brass
a Hindi word, a tadbhava: evolved from the Sanskrit through Prakrit पीतल — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀧𑀺𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀮 (pittala), from Sanskrit पीतल (pītala), पित्तल (pittala, “brass”). Compare Sanskrit पीत (pīta, “yellow, gold”).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
pītala mfn. yellow, L.
pītala m. y˚ colour, W.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
yellow
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Gender counterpart
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Dictionary citations
pītala mfn. yellow, L.
pītala m. y˚ colour, W.
pītala n. brass, ib.
pītala a. Yellow. — laḥ The yellow colour. — laṃ Brass.
pītala mfn. (-laḥ-lā-laṃ) Of a yellow colour. m. (-laḥ) Yellow, the colour. n. (-laṃ) Brass. E. pīta, and lac aff.
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