પીવું

Gujarati

Gujarati verb set
પીવું (pīvũ)
પાવું (pāvũ)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Gujarati पीइ (pīi), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀧𑀺𑀩𑀇 (pibaï), 𑀧𑀺𑀯𑀇 (pivaï), from Sanskrit पिबति (píbati), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *píbati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *píbati, from Proto-Indo-European *píbeti, late variant of *píph₃eti, reduplication of *peh₃- (to drink).

Cognates include Assamese পিয়া (pia), Dhivehi ބޮނީ (bonī), Hindustani پینا / पीना (pīnā), Kachchi પીણૂ (pīṇū), Marathi पिणे (piṇe), Nepali पिउनु (piunu), Odia ପିଇବା (piibā), Punjabi پینا / ਪੀਣਾ (pīṇā), Romani pijel, Sindhi پِئَڻُ (piaṇu), Sinhalese බොනවා (bonawā).

Pronunciation

Verb

પીવું • (pīvũ) (transitive)

  1. to drink, sip, suck
  2. to smoke, inhale
    સિગારેટ પીવુંsigāreṭ pīvũto smoke a cigarette
  3. to get drunk
    Synonym: ઢીંચવું (ḍhī̃cvũ)
  4. to absorb, soak up
    Synonym: શોષવું (śoṣvũ)

Conjugation

Further reading

  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “píbati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press