• Bengali Word পইতা English definition (noun) 1 sacred thread/cord (worn by the first three classes of Hindus). 2 sacrament of wearing the sacred thread for the first time. পইতা কাটা (verb transitive) spin the sacred thread (from cotton/ ordinary thread). পইতা নেওয়া/পরা (verb transitive) put on/ wear the sacred thread (sacramental). পইতা ফেলে দেওয়া (verb transitive) discard the sacred thread. পইতা হওয়া (verb transitive) be invested with the sacred thread. পইতাধারী (adjective) wearing a sacred thread; belonging to any of the Hindu upper castes, especially the Brahmin community. চেনা বামুনের পইতার দরকার নেই (figurative) A well-known person needs no credentials.