feminine
filial piety
Petteyyatā (feminine) [abstract from petteyya] reverence towards one's father D III 70 (a°), 145, 169; Dhp 332 (= pitari sammāpaṭipatta Dhp-a IV 34); Nidd II §294. Cf. matteyyatā.
(fem, fem, abstr, from petteyya) love for one's father; filial piety filial piety Construction: pitar > petar + *eyya + tā petteyya + tā