As a Hindi name
पीना
to drink; to consume, to smoke; to suppress emotion; to drain time or resources
Śabdasāgara also records: पानी · घी
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
a drink, draught (cf. go-p˚, surā-p˚, soma-p˚)
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Dictionary citations
1. pītha m. a drink, draught (cf. go-p˚, surā-p˚, soma-p˚)
pītha n. water, L.
melted butter, L.
2. pītha m. id. (see go-p˚).
pītha m. (-thaḥ) 1 The sun. 2 Fire. 3 Time. n. (-thaṃ) Water. E. pā to drink, Uṇādi aff. thak, and the radical vowel changed.
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