As a Hindi name
पीना
to drink; to consume, to smoke; to suppress emotion; to drain time or resources
Śabdasāgara also records: [वि॰ स्त्री॰ पीवरा] [संज्ञा पीवरता, पीवरत्व] · मोटा । स्थुल । तगड़ा
Platts (p. 302) also records: Fat, stout, corpulent, large; thick, dense
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
fat, stout, large, plump, thick, dense, full of or abounding with (comp.), &c.
Verified derivationMultiple readings (3)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "pīvara" is the vocative of "pīvarā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
pīvara mfn. fat, stout, large, plump, thick, dense, full of or abounding with (comp.), MBh.; Kāv. &c.
pīvara m. a tortoise, L.
N. of one of the Saptarṣis under Manu Tāmasa, MārkP.
of a son of Dyuti-mat, VP.
pīvara n. N. of a Varṣa in Krauñca-dvīpa, VP.
pīvarā (ā), f. Physalis Flexuosus, L.
Asparagus Racemosus, Bhpr.
Alternative readings
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