As a Hindi name
पीना
to drink; to consume, to smoke; to suppress emotion; to drain time or resources
Śabdasāgara also records: हलदी · दारु हलदी । सोनजूही । स्वर्णयूयी
a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit
“Hindi verb set पीना (pīnā) पिलाना (pilānā) पिलवाना (pilvānā) Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peh₃-redup. Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *píph₃eti Proto-Indo-Iranian *píbati Sanskrit पिब॑ति (píbati) Prakrit 𑀧𑀺𑀯𑀇 (pivaï) Hindi पीना Inherited from Prakrit 𑀧𑀺𑀯𑀇 …” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
saffron
Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "pītikā" is the feminine form of "pītaka" — the same word with the feminine ending, recorded by the dictionary's own gender marker on that entry.
M3 · meaning shifts "pītaka" is derived from "pīta" with the ka/kan suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
1. pīta mfn. (√ 1. pā) drunk, sucked, sipped, quaffed, imbibed, RV. &c. &c.
ifc. having drunk, soaked, steeped, saturated, filled with (also with instr.), Mn.; MBh. (cf. g. āhitāgny-ādi)
pītaka mf(ikā)n. yellow, MBh.; R.; Suśr. (also applied to the 4th unknown quantity, Col.)
pītaka m. y˚ amaranth, L.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
pītikā f. saffron, L.
turmeric, L.
yellow jasmine, L.
pītikā 1 Saffron. 2 Turmeric. 3 Yellow jasmine.
pītikā f. (-kā) 1 Turmerick. 2 Yellow jasmine. E. pīta yellow, kan aff., and fem. form.
pītaka mf(ikā)n. yellow, MBh.; R.; Suśr. (also applied to the 4th unknown quantity, Col.)
pītaka m. y˚ amaranth, L.
1. pīta mfn. (√ 1. pā) drunk, sucked, sipped, quaffed, imbibed, RV. &c. &c.
ifc. having drunk, soaked, steeped, saturated, filled with (also with instr.), Mn.; MBh. (cf. g. āhitāgny-ādi)
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