[pīṭʰ], f.; m. the back (of a person, animal).
[◀MIA: Pk. piṭṭhĭ̄-, puṭṭhī-, paṭṭhi- f. ‘back’; Pa. piṭṭhĭ̄-, °ṭhikā- f. ‘back’ ◀OIA pr̥ṣṭí-, °ṭí̵- f. ‘vertebrae’ RV., AV., ‘back’ Kauś.com. <+②prá- ‘before, forward, in front, on, forth’ (♣Eng. fore ) <√sthā ‘stand’ ◀PIE *stā- : stǝ- ‘to stand’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. stand, stool, stem, stead ] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. stage, stance, stay, station, status ]
☞ (Platts, 1884) 0296; (Turner, 1966) 8370; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 458; (MW, 1899) 0647, 1262, ② 0652; (Pokorny, 1959) 1004 (1006), ② 0810 (0813); (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.165, 2.764, ② 2.173
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