Source: https://jugti.com/kosh/words/pitth/ ਪ [Kosh](https://jugti.com/kosh/)/[Words](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/)/Noun Word # ਪਿੱਠ Pitth Say it**PIT-th**Type**Noun**Shahmukhiپیٹھ In short Pitth (ਪਿੱਠ) is the Punjabi word for the back, the broad rear side of the body between the shoulders and the waist. It is the body's carrying surface, and because nobody can see their own back, Punjabi speech also uses pitth for support given unseen and for talk that happens behind someone's back. ## How it's used 1. 1ਉਸ ਨੇ ਕਣਕ ਦੀ ਬੋਰੀ ਪਿੱਠ ਉੱਤੇ ਚੁੱਕ ਲਈ।He lifted the sack of wheat onto his back. _Carrying a load_ 2. 2ਮੇਰੀ ਗੱਲ ਉਸ ਦੇ ਸਾਹਮਣੇ ਕਹੋ, ਪਿੱਠ ਪਿੱਛੇ ਨਹੀਂ।Say what you have to say to his face, not behind his back. _Pitth pichhe_ 3. 3ਮਾਸਟਰ ਜੀ ਨੇ ਉਸ ਦੀ ਪਿੱਠ ਥਾਪੜ ਕੇ ਕਿਹਾ, ਸ਼ਾਬਾਸ਼।The teacher patted his back and said, well done. _Encouragement_ Show 1 more example 1. 4ਦਿਨ ਭਰ ਝੁਕ ਕੇ ਕੰਮ ਕਰਨ ਨਾਲ ਮੇਰੀ ਪਿੱਠ ਦੁਖਣ ਲੱਗ ਪਈ ਹੈ।Working bent over all day, my back has started to ache. _Back pain_ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਅਰਥ ਪਿੱਠ ਸਰੀਰ ਦਾ ਪਿਛਲਾ ਹਿੱਸਾ ਹੈ, ਮੋਢਿਆਂ ਤੋਂ ਲੈ ਕੇ ਕਮਰ ਤੱਕ। ਇਹ ਸਰੀਰ ਦੀ ਭਾਰ ਚੁੱਕਣ ਵਾਲੀ ਸਤ੍ਹਾ ਹੈ: ਬੋਰੀਆਂ, ਘਾਹ ਦੇ ਭਾਰ ਅਤੇ ਬੱਚੇ ਵੀ ਪਿੱਠ ਉੱਤੇ ਚੁੱਕੇ ਜਾਂਦੇ ਹਨ। ਕੋਈ ਆਪਣੀ ਪਿੱਠ ਆਪ ਨਹੀਂ ਵੇਖ ਸਕਦਾ, ਇਸ ਲਈ ਪਿੱਠ ਪਿੱਛੇ ਦਾ ਅਰਥ ਬਣ ਗਿਆ ਹੈ ਕਿਸੇ ਦੀ ਗੈਰ ਹਾਜ਼ਰੀ ਵਿੱਚ, ਉਸ ਨੂੰ ਦੱਸੇ ਬਿਨਾਂ। ਪਿੱਠ ਪਿੱਛੇ ਗੱਲਾਂ ਕਰਨਾ ਚੁਗਲੀ ਮੰਨਿਆ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ, ਜਦਕਿ ਪਿੱਠ ਥਾਪੜਨਾ ਹੌਂਸਲਾ ਦੇਣਾ ਹੁੰਦਾ ਹੈ। ਖੇਤਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਦਿਨ ਭਰ ਕੰਮ ਕਰਨ ਵਾਲੇ ਦੀ ਪਿੱਠ ਸਭ ਤੋਂ ਪਹਿਲਾਂ ਦੁਖਦੀ ਹੈ। What does pitth mean in Punjabi? Pitth (ਪਿੱਠ) is the Punjabi word for the back, the broad rear side of the body from the shoulders down to the waist. It carries the loads of Punjabi working life, and because no one can see their own pitth, the word also stands for whatever happens out of sight, behind a person's back. ## What does pitth mean in Punjabi? Pitth is a feminine noun for the back. The Logos multilingual dictionary defines the back as the part of the body between the neck and the tailbone, on the opposite side from the chest and abdomen, the rear surface in a human being, and gives the Punjabi word as ਪਿੱਠ. It is one of the body's great working surfaces: loads are tied, lifted and carried on the pitth, a small child rides happily on a father's pitth, and a long day in the fields is first felt there, in the ache Punjabi names plainly, pitth da dard, back pain. ## Where does the word pitth come from? Pitth is an old word of Sanskrit origin: Rekhta marks its compound piith piichhe, behind the back, as Sanskrit in origin, and the same word for the back runs across the languages of the region. In Shahmukhi, the script of Punjabi in Pakistan, it is written پیٹھ. Punjabi keeps it short and strong, a single beat, like most of its oldest body words: sirr for the head, akkh for the eye, hath for the hand, and pitth for the broad surface behind them all. ## What does pitth pichhe mean, and what other phrases use pitth? Pitth pichhe means behind someone's back. Rekhta gives it as in a person's absence and behind one's back, and its example verse complains that here all the talk happens pitth pichhe, as backbiting. Everyday Punjabi uses the same picture kindly and unkindly. A pat on the pitth, pitth thaparna, is encouragement, well done said with the hand. To show your pitth, pitth dikhauna, is to turn and run from the field. And a person who stands behind you, at your pitth, is the support you cannot see but can always feel. ## Related words [ਮੋਢਾmoddhashoulder: where the arm joins the body, and the part that carries loads](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/moddha/)[ਗਰਦਨgardanThe neck; also the narrow neck of a jug or bottle](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/gardan/)[ਛਾਤੀchhaatiChest, breast or bosom: the front of the upper body; figuratively, courage](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/chhaati/)[ਸਰੀਰ ਦੇ ਸ਼ਬਦSareer de ShabdPunjabi body words: head, eye, ear, nose, mouth, hand and foot in Gurmukhi, with meanings](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/punjabi-body-words/) Advertisement Sources (2) 1. [Back, Logos Dictionary: the part of a vertebrate animal between the neck and the tailbone, on the opposite side of the body from the chest and abdomen, the rear surface in humans, and its Punjabi translation is given as ਪਿੱਠ (pitth)](https://www.logosdictionary.org/index.php?code=41838&from=EN) 2. [Rekhta Dictionary, piith-piichhe (Shahmukhi: پِیٹھ پِیچھے): origin Sanskrit; an adverb meaning after someone's death, behind one's back, in the absence of, behind someone's back; its sher example by Rasool Saqi complains that all the praise is face to face and all the backbiting is pitth pichhe](https://www.rekhtadictionary.com/meaning-of-piith-piichhe?keyword=%D9%85%D9%8F%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%8E%D9%86%D9%8E%D8%AA) [Report a correction](https://jugti.com/corrections/) **Jugti is free and independent.** Reader support keeps the Kosh growing. [Support](https://jugti.com/support/) ## More words [ਚੰਨchannMoon](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/chann/)[ਕਿੱਦਾਂkiddanhow are you? what's up? 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