As a Hindi name
पेया · noun · feminine
वैद्यक में चावलों की बनी हुई एक प्रकार की लपसी · माँड़ · आदी । अदरक — Śabdasāgara
पेया · paiyā · s.m.
See پيا paiyā — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 302
Cited formation "पेया" is पेय + -आ: पेय means "drinkable, potable", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "पेया" is पेय + -आ: पेय means "drinkable, potable", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
rice gruel or any drink mixed with a small quantity of boiled rice
Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "peyā" is the feminine form of "peya" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
Dictionary citations
peyā f. rice gruel or any drink mixed with a small quantity of boiled rice, MBh.; Car.; Suśr.
a species of anise (= miśreyā), L.
peya mfn. to be drunk or quaffed, drinkable, MBh.; Kāv. &c.
to be tasted, tastable, MBh. (opp. to ghreya, spṛśya &c.)
Alternative readings
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