ਪੇਟਾ
paytaa/pētā

Definition

ਸੰਗ੍ਯਾ- ਤਾਣੇ ਦੇ ਤਿਰਛੇ ਤੰਦ. "ਸੂਤ ਇੱਕ ਜਿਉ ਤਾਣਾ ਪੇਟਾ." (ਭਾਗੁ) ੨. ਮੱਧ ਭਾਗ. ਵਿਚਾਲਾ। ੩. ਤਫਸੀਲ. ਵਿਉਰਾ। ੪. ਘੇਰਾ। ੫. ਨਦੀ ਦਾ ਪਾਟ. ਦੋਹਾਂ ਕਿਨਾਰਿਆਂ ਦੇ ਵਿਚਕਾਰ ਦੀ ਵਿੱਥ.
Source: Mahankosh

Shahmukhi : پیٹا

Parts Of Speech : noun, masculine

Meaning in English

weft, filling, woof, breadth; share, responsibility
Source: Punjabi Dictionary

PEṬÁ

Meaning in English2

s. m, The filling of cloth, the woof, cross threads in weaving; breadth, extent; a gut, tripe; amount of a man's possessions, wealth, property; charge, care, keeping;—tánáṇ peṭṭá resham dá hai. Its warp and woof are of silk.—Prov. referring to a person's ancestors on both sides being well born, but more often used ironically of persons of low descent on both sides:—peṭá raṭṭhú, s. m. A glutton; one so poor as to be in want of food, and who therefore from a sense of want thinks of nothing else.
Source:THE PANJABI DICTIONARY-Bhai Maya Singh