चित्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- চিত্ (Assamese script)
- ᬘᬶᬢ᭄ (Balinese script)
- চিত্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰓𑰰𑰝𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀘𑀺𑀢𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- စိတ် (Burmese script)
- ચિત્ (Gujarati script)
- ਚਿਤ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌚𑌿𑌤𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦕꦶꦠ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂒𑂱𑂞𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಚಿತ್ (Kannada script)
- ចិត៑ (Khmer script)
- ຈິຕ຺ (Lao script)
- ചിത് (Malayalam script)
- ᢜᡳᢠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘓𑘱𑘝𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᢋᠢᢐ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦳𑧒𑦽𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐔𑐶𑐟𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଚିତ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢗꢶꢡ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆖𑆴𑆠𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖓𑖰𑖝𑖿 (Siddham script)
- චිත් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩡𑩑𑩫 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚏𑚮𑚙𑚶 (Takri script)
- சித் (Tamil script)
- చిత్ (Telugu script)
- จิตฺ (Thai script)
- ཙི་ཏ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒔𑒱𑒞𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨣𑨁𑨙𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /t͡ɕit/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /t͡ɕit̪/
Etymology 1
From Proto-Indo-European *kʷeyt- (“to perceive, observe”), t-extension of *kʷey- (whence चि (ci, “to observe”)).
Alternative forms
- चेत् (cet)
Root
चित् • (cit)
- to perceive, fix the mind upon, attend to, be attentive
- to observe, take notice of
- to aim at, intend, design
- to be anxious about, care for
- to resolve
- to understand, comprehend, know
Derived terms
Sanskrit terms belonging to the root चित् (0 c, 3 e)
Terms derived from the Sanskrit root चित् (6 c, 0 e)
- Primary Verbal Forms
- चेतति (cétati) (Present)
- चेतिष्यति (cetiṣyáti) (Future)
- चेतिता (cetitā́) (Periphrastic Future)
- अचैत् (ácait) (Aorist)
- चिकेत (cikéta) (Perfect)
- Secondary Forms
- अचेति (áceti) (Passive Aorist)
- चेतयति (cetáyati) (Causative)
- चितयति (citáyati) (Causative)
- चिकित्सति (cíkitsati) (Desiderative)
- चेकिते (cékite) (Intensive)
- Non-Finite Forms
- चित्त (cittá) (Past Participle)
- चित्त्वा (cittvā) (Gerund)
- चेतयितव्य (cetayitavya) (Causative Gerundive)
- Derived Nominal Forms
- Prefixed Root Forms
- आचित् (ācit)
- प्रचित् (pracit)
- विचित् (vicit)
- संचित् (saṃcit)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “चित्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 395, column 2.
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “चित्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
- William Dwight Whitney (1885) The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 47
- Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “चित्”, 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
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 547-549
- 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 327
- Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 382
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) “636”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 636
Etymology 2
Related to 'Etymology 1'.
Noun
चित् • (cít) stem, f
- thought, intellect, spirit, soul
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | चित् (cít) | चितौ (cítau) चिता¹ (cítā¹) |
चितः (cítaḥ) |
| accusative | चितम् (cítam) | चितौ (cítau) चिता¹ (cítā¹) |
चितः (cítaḥ) |
| instrumental | चिता (citā́) | चिद्भ्याम् (cidbhyā́m) | चिद्भिः (cidbhíḥ) |
| dative | चिते (cité) | चिद्भ्याम् (cidbhyā́m) | चिद्भ्यः (cidbhyáḥ) |
| ablative | चितः (citáḥ) | चिद्भ्याम् (cidbhyā́m) | चिद्भ्यः (cidbhyáḥ) |
| genitive | चितः (citáḥ) | चितोः (citóḥ) | चिताम् (citā́m) |
| locative | चिति (cití) | चितोः (citóḥ) | चित्सु (citsú) |
| vocative | चित् (cít) | चितौ (cítau) चिता¹ (cítā¹) |
चितः (cítaḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “चित्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 395, column 3.
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adverb
चित् • (cit)
- alternative form of चिद् (cid)