चिंता
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit चिन्ता (cintā). Compare Gujarati ચિંતા (cintā), Marathi चिंता (cintā), Bengali চিন্তা (cinta).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /t͡ʃɪn.t̪ɑː/, [t͡ʃɪ̃n̪.t̪äː]
Noun
चिंता • (cintā) f (Urdu spelling چِنْتا)
- anxiety, concern, worry
- Synonym: फ़िक्र (fikra)
- चिंता करना ― cintā karnā ― to worry
- 2021, “हमारे साथ श्री रघुनाथ [hamāre sāth śrī raghunāth]”:
- हमारे साथ श्री रघुनाथ तो किस बात की चिंता ।
शरण में रख दिया जब माथ तो किस बात की चिंता ।- hamāre sāth śrī raghunāth to kis bāt kī cintā .
śaraṇ mẽ rakh diyā jab māth to kis bāt kī cintā . - When Lord Rama is with us, what do we have to worry about?
When we have put our forehead in his refuge, what do we have to worry about?
- hamāre sāth śrī raghunāth to kis bāt kī cintā .
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | चिंता cintā |
चिंताएँ cintāẽ |
| oblique | चिंता cintā |
चिंताओं cintāõ |
| vocative | चिंता cintā |
चिंताओ cintāo |
References
- Bahri, Hardev (1989) “चिंता”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons, page 193.
Marathi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit चिन्ता (cintā). Compare Gujarati ચિંતા (cintā), Hindi चिंता (cintā).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ɕin.t̪a/
Noun
चिंता • (cintā) f
Declension
| Declension of चिंता (fem ā-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| direct singular |
चिंता cintā | ||
| direct plural |
चिंता chintā | ||
| singular एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन | ||
| nominative प्रथमा |
चिंता cintā |
चिंता chintā | |
| oblique सामान्यरूप |
चिंते chinte |
चिंतां- chintān- | |
| acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी |
चिंतेला chintelā |
चिंतांना chintānnā | |
| ergative | चिंतेने, चिंतेनं chintene, chintena |
चिंतांनी chintānnī | |
| instrumental | चिंतेशी chinteśī |
चिंतांशी chintānśī | |
| locative सप्तमी |
चिंतेत chintet |
चिंतांत chintāt | |
| vocative संबोधन |
चिंते chinte |
चिंतांनो chintānno | |
| Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition. | |||
| Genitive declension of चिंता (fem ā-stem) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म |
feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म |
neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म |
oblique सामान्यरूप | |||||
| singular एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन |
singular एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन |
singular* एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन |
|||
| singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता |
चिंतेचा chinteċā |
चिंतेचे chinteċe |
चिंतेची chintecī |
चिंतेच्या chintecā |
चिंतेचे, चिंतेचं chinteċe, chinteċa |
चिंतेची chintecī |
चिंतेच्या chintecā | |
| plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता |
चिंतांचा chintānċā |
चिंतांचे chintānċe |
चिंतांची chintāñcī |
चिंतांच्या chintāncā |
चिंतांचे, चिंतांचं chintānċe, chintānċa |
चिंतांची chintāñcī |
चिंतांच्या chintāñcā | |
| * Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition. | ||||||||
Derived terms
- चिंताग्रस्त (cintāgrasta)
- चिंताजनक (cintājnak)
- चिंतातूर (cintātūr)
- चिंतामणी (cintāmṇī)
References
- Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “चिंता”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies