पेट पीठ से लगना pēṭ pīṭh sē lagnā

Hindi is also shown in Latin characters, using an adapted form of ISO 15919 transliteration.

How to read the transliteration

This site uses transliteration based on ISO 15919, with a few adaptations to make reading easier: h is added after c, ś and ṣ, and i after the vowel r̥. These adaptations bring it closer to the Hunterian system used in India while retaining the distinctive marks of ISO 15919.

Adaptations used on this site
ISO 15919On this site
cch
śśh
ṣṣh
r̥r̥i

A few reading pointers:

  • ā, ī, ū: the line above the letter indicates a long vowel.
  • ṭ, ḍ, ṇ: the dot below distinguishes retroflex consonants from t, d, n.
  • A tilde above a vowel indicates nasalisation.

Hindi · g.v.

Earlier definition

Definition

To be emaciated, to be reduced to a skeleton.

Usual translation

  1. stomach stick to one's back

Origin of the definition

पेट pēṭa peṭ (nm) the belly, abdomen, stomach; womb; mind; the front side of a thing as opposed to the back (as रोटी का पेट); (fig.) livelihood. —पीठ से लगना, —पीठ एक हो जाना to be emaciated, to be reduced to a skeleton.

पीठ pīṭh (hindi)

The back, the loins, the back part (of anything).
Backing, support, aid.

से sē (hindi)

से is used for denoting :

  • The Subject of a Verb in the passive and impersonal voices.
  • The indirect Objects (which are usually persons) of the Verbs meaning 'to tell, say, ask, ask for, beg, demand, claim, request’.
  • Means, instrument or agency.
  • Manner.
  • Cause, reason, origin.
  • Association, antagonism.
  • Separation or keeping away from.
  • Starting point (place or time).
  • Duration (with reference to a continuous 'action' of present or past).
  • Difference and comparison between two persons or things.
    (A Basic Grammar of Modern Hindi)
Created
Wednesday 1 January 2025
Updated
Wednesday 1 January 2025