As a Hindi name
पीना
to drink; to consume, to smoke; to suppress emotion; to drain time or resources
Śabdasāgara also records: स्थुल । मोटा · पुष्ट
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
Nom. P. ˚vati, to be fat or corpulent
Verified derivationMultiple readings (9)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "pīva" is the vocative of "pīvā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "pīva" is the vocative of "pīvan" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Related forms
Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
1. pīva mfn. fat, RV.; AitBr.
2. pīva Nom. P. ˚vati, to be fat or corpulent, Dhātup. xv, 55.
3. pīva in comp. = pīvas.
pīva, pīvara, pīvasa a. Fat, corpulent
pīva r. 1st cl. (pīvati) To be fat or corpulent.
pīvā (ā), f. water, L.
pīvā Water.
pīvan mf(arī)n. swelling, full, fat, strong, robust, RV. &c. &c.
pīvan m. wind, L.
Alternative readings
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