पीत

Etymology 1
From, from , from. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. The Sanskrit root is.

The "soaked" meaning may derive from the root or otherwise be influenced by it.

Adjective

 * 1) drunk, imbibed, sipped, quaffed, sipped
 * 2) soaked, saturated, filled with
 * 1) soaked, saturated, filled with

Etymology 2
Of origin. Perhaps related to, and along with it, derived from the root with semantic shift "fat" > "the color of fat (like butter and oil)" > "yellow". It is also possible that is the original term, with  a derivative of it; in this case, whether  derives from  is less clear.

Adjective

 * 1) yellow (the color of the Vaiśyas, white being that of the Brāhmans, red that of the Kṣatriyas, and black that of the Śūdras)

Noun

 * 1) yellow color
 * 2) a yellow substance