गीता
See also: गीत
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit गीता (gītā).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /ɡiː.t̪ɑː/, [ɡiː.t̪äː]
Noun
गीता • (gītā) f (Urdu spelling گیتا)
- song
- (Hinduism) the Bhagavad Gita
- Synonym: भगवद् गीता (bhagvad gītā)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | गीता gītā |
गीताएँ gītāẽ |
| oblique | गीता gītā |
गीताओं gītāõ |
| vocative | गीता gītā |
गीताओ gītāo |
Synonyms
- गीत (gīt)
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
Noun
गीता (gītā)
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- গীতা (Assamese script)
- ᬕᬷᬢᬵ (Balinese script)
- গীতা (Bengali script)
- 𑰐𑰱𑰝𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀕𑀻𑀢𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- ဂီတာ (Burmese script)
- ગીતા (Gujarati script)
- ਗੀਤਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌗𑍀𑌤𑌾 (Grantha script)
- ꦒꦷꦠꦴ (Javanese script)
- 𑂏𑂲𑂞𑂰 (Kaithi script)
- ಗೀತಾ (Kannada script)
- គីតា (Khmer script)
- ຄີຕາ (Lao script)
- ഗീതാ (Malayalam script)
- ᡤᡳᡳᢠᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- 𑘐𑘲𑘝𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᠺᠢᠢᢐᠠ᠋ᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦰𑧓𑦽𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐐𑐷𑐟𑐵 (Newa script)
- ଗୀତା (Odia script)
- ꢔꢷꢡꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆓𑆵𑆠𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖐𑖱𑖝𑖯 (Siddham script)
- ගීතා (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩞𑩑𑩛𑩫𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚌𑚯𑚙𑚭 (Takri script)
- கீ³தா (Tamil script)
- గీతా (Telugu script)
- คีตา (Thai script)
- གཱི་ཏཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒑𑒲𑒞𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨍𑨁𑨊𑨙𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Feminine of गीत (gītá), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *giHtás, from Proto-Indo-European *g⁽ʷ⁾iH-tós, from *g⁽ʷ⁾eH- (“to sing, cry”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬔𐬁𐬚𐬁 (gāθā, “form of strophe, metre, namely the collections of Zarathustra's songs, the Gathas”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɡiː.tɑ́ː/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɡiː.t̪ɑː/
Noun
गीता • (gītā́) stem, f (root गै)
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | गीता (gītā́) | गीते (gīté) | गीताः (gītā́ḥ) |
| accusative | गीताम् (gītā́m) | गीते (gīté) | गीताः (gītā́ḥ) |
| instrumental | गीतया (gītáyā) गीता¹ (gītā́¹) |
गीताभ्याम् (gītā́bhyām) | गीताभिः (gītā́bhiḥ) |
| dative | गीतायै (gītā́yai) | गीताभ्याम् (gītā́bhyām) | गीताभ्यः (gītā́bhyaḥ) |
| ablative | गीतायाः (gītā́yāḥ) गीतायै² (gītā́yai²) |
गीताभ्याम् (gītā́bhyām) | गीताभ्यः (gītā́bhyaḥ) |
| genitive | गीतायाः (gītā́yāḥ) गीतायै² (gītā́yai²) |
गीतयोः (gītáyoḥ) | गीतानाम् (gītā́nām) |
| locative | गीतायाम् (gītā́yām) | गीतयोः (gītáyoḥ) | गीतासु (gītā́su) |
| vocative | गीते (gī́te) | गीते (gī́te) | गीताः (gī́tāḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
- ²Brāhmaṇas
Derived terms
- अनुगीता (anugītā)
- भगवद्गीता (bhagavadgītā, “the Bhagavad-gita”)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “गीता”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 356, column 1.
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “गीता”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
- Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “गीता”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) “355”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 355
- Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 356