As a Hindi name
पेट · noun · masculine
शरीर में थैले के आकार का वह भाग जिसमें पहुँचकर भोजन पचता है । उदर · पृ॰ २३१ । (कोई वस्तु) पेट से निकालना = किसी के द्वारा उड़ाई या छिपाकर रखी हुई वस्तु को प्राप्त करना । हजम की हुई चीज पाना · गर्भ । हमल — Śabdasāgara
पेट · noun · masculine
रोटी का वह पार्श्व जो पहले तवे पर डाला जाता है — Śabdasāgara
पेट · peṭ · s.m.
lit. 'Basket; bag'; the belly, stomach — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 296
पेट · masculine
belly, stomach; womb
a Hindi word of Prakrit origin; it is not Sanskrit — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Inherited from Prakrit पेट्ट (pĕṭṭa, *pēṭṭa, “belly”), derived from Dravidian; ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *poṭṭ-.” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
āī (fr. piṭa, q.v.) a basket, bag
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Dictionary citations
peṭa mf(ā, or ī)n. (fr. piṭa, q.v.) a basket, bag, L.
a multitude, L.
a retinue, L.
peṭa m. the open hand with the fingers expanded (= pra-hasta), L.
peṭa mf. (-ṭaḥ-ṭā or ṭī) A basket, a large basket. E. piṭa to collect, ghañ and ṭāp affs.
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