प्याला pyālā

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.

پياله · fa · n. · m.

Earlier definition

Definition

A cup, a glass.

Usual translation

  1. glass

Origin of the definition

P پياله पियाला piyāla , s.m. A drinking vessel, a cup, glass; a tea-cup; — the fire-pan or priming-pan (of a musket); a funeral rite of Mohammedan mendicants: — piyāla bharnā or bhar-jānā = piyāla pūrā honā (-kā), The cup (of one's life) to be full, one's days to be numbered; to be puffed up with pride (cf. the proverb 'Pride goeth before a fall'): — piyāla pīnā (kā), To quaff the cup (of); to imbibe the doctrines, or become the disciple (of): — piyāla-niwāla, s.m. Food and drink (in the language of debauchees): — piyāla honā, v.n. To die (in the language of Mohammadan mendicants).

Usage in the murlis

Murlis of the day (and original sakar)

5 occurrences

In 4 on 2386 murlis

Search for the murlis where this word is used.

Search on multiple words
    Search currently defined to:
    No search defined.

with this word.

this word to the search.

Created
Friday 20 December 2024
Updated
Friday 20 December 2024