pīḷeti

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • 𑀧𑀻𑀴𑁂𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
  • पीळेति (Devanagari script)
  • পীল়েতি (Bengali script)
  • පීළෙති (Sinhalese script)
  • ပီဠေတိ (Burmese script)
  • ปีเฬติ (Thai script)
  • ᨷᩦᩊᩮᨲᩥ (Tai Tham script)
  • បីឡេតិ (Khmer script)

Etymology

From Sanskrit *पीळयति (*pīḷayati), पीडयति (pīḍayati, “squeezes, presses, torments”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pižd-, from Proto-Indo-European *pisd- (“to press, squeeze”).

Verb

pīḷeti

  1. to bother, bully, distress
  2. to mistreat, mishandle
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