पिलई

Hindi

Etymology

From older *पिलही (*pilahī), from Prakrit पिलिहा (pilihā) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀇𑀓𑀸- (-ikā-), from Sanskrit प्लीहा f (plīhā), a variant of प्लीहन् (plīhan), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *spliHȷ́ʰā́, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pli(H)ǵʰḗn. Compare Bengali পিলিহা (piliha), Odia [script needed] (pilhāi), Bhojpuri पिलही (pilᵊhī). Distantly related to Ancient Greek σπλήν (splḗn), whence English spleen. Doublet of प्लीहा (plīhā) and फिया (phiyā).

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /pɪ.lə.iː/, [pɪ.lɐ.iː]

Noun

पिलई • (pilaī) f (Urdu spelling پلئی)

(anatomy) spleen
Synonym: तिल्ली (tillī)

Declension

Declension of *पिलई* (fem ind ī-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	पिलई pilaī	पिलइयाँ pilaiyā̃
oblique	पिलई pilaī	पिलइयों pilaiyõ
vocative	पिलई pilaī	पिलइयो pilaiyo

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “पिलई”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press