चिन्ता
Hindi
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /t͡ʃɪn.t̪ɑː/, [t͡ʃɪ̃n̪.t̪äː]
Noun
चिन्ता • (cintā) f (Urdu spelling چِنْتا)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | चिन्ता cintā |
चिन्ताएँ cintāẽ |
| oblique | चिन्ता cintā |
चिन्ताओं cintāõ |
| vocative | चिन्ता cintā |
चिन्ताओ cintāo |
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- চিন্তা (Assamese script)
- ᬘᬶᬦ᭄ᬢᬵ (Balinese script)
- চিন্তা (Bengali script)
- 𑰓𑰰𑰡𑰿𑰝𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀘𑀺𑀦𑁆𑀢𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- စိန္တာ (Burmese script)
- ચિન્તા (Gujarati script)
- ਚਿਨ੍ਤਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌚𑌿𑌨𑍍𑌤𑌾 (Grantha script)
- ꦕꦶꦤ꧀ꦠꦴ (Javanese script)
- 𑂒𑂱𑂢𑂹𑂞𑂰 (Kaithi script)
- ಚಿನ್ತಾ (Kannada script)
- ចិន្តា (Khmer script)
- ຈິນ຺ຕາ (Lao script)
- ചിന്താ (Malayalam script)
- ᢜᡳᠨᢠᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- 𑘓𑘱𑘡𑘿𑘝𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᢋᠢᠨᢐᠠ᠋ᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦳𑧒𑧁𑧠𑦽𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐔𑐶𑐣𑑂𑐟𑐵 (Newa script)
- ଚିନ୍ତା (Odia script)
- ꢗꢶꢥ꣄ꢡꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆖𑆴𑆤𑇀𑆠𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖓𑖰𑖡𑖿𑖝𑖯 (Siddham script)
- චින්තා (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩡𑩑𑩯 𑪙𑩫𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚏𑚮𑚝𑚶𑚙𑚭 (Takri script)
- சிந்தா (Tamil script)
- చిన్తా (Telugu script)
- จินฺตา (Thai script)
- ཙི་ནྟཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒔𑒱𑒢𑓂𑒞𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨣𑨁𑨝𑩇𑨙𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From चिन्त् (cint, “to think, worry”, root) + -आ (-ā).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /t͡ɕin.tɑ́ː/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /t͡ɕin̪.t̪ɑː/
Noun
चिन्ता • (cintā́) stem, f
- thinking, thought
- sad or sorrowful thought, care, anxiety, worry
- reflection, consideration; uneasiness, apprehension
- (rhetoric) anxiety, considered as one of the 33 subordinate feelings
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | चिन्ता (cintā́) | चिन्ते (cinté) | चिन्ताः (cintā́ḥ) |
| accusative | चिन्ताम् (cintā́m) | चिन्ते (cinté) | चिन्ताः (cintā́ḥ) |
| instrumental | चिन्तया (cintáyā) चिन्ता¹ (cintā́¹) |
चिन्ताभ्याम् (cintā́bhyām) | चिन्ताभिः (cintā́bhiḥ) |
| dative | चिन्तायै (cintā́yai) | चिन्ताभ्याम् (cintā́bhyām) | चिन्ताभ्यः (cintā́bhyaḥ) |
| ablative | चिन्तायाः (cintā́yāḥ) चिन्तायै² (cintā́yai²) |
चिन्ताभ्याम् (cintā́bhyām) | चिन्ताभ्यः (cintā́bhyaḥ) |
| genitive | चिन्तायाः (cintā́yāḥ) चिन्तायै² (cintā́yai²) |
चिन्तयोः (cintáyoḥ) | चिन्तानाम् (cintā́nām) |
| locative | चिन्तायाम् (cintā́yām) | चिन्तयोः (cintáyoḥ) | चिन्तासु (cintā́su) |
| vocative | चिन्ते (cínte) | चिन्ते (cínte) | चिन्ताः (cíntāḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
- ²Brāhmaṇas
Descendants
- Pali: cintā
- Prakrit: 𑀘𑀺𑀁𑀢𑀸 (ciṃtā)
- Kannada: ಚಿಂತೆ (cinte)
- Punjabi: ਚਿੰਦਾ (cindā)
- → Bengali: চিন্তা (cinta) (learned)
- → Early Assamese: চিন্তা (cinta) (learned)
- Assamese: চিন্তা (sinta)
- → Gujarati: ચિંતા (cintā) (learned)
- → Hindustani: cintā (learned)
- → Marathi: चिंता (cintā) (learned)
- → Telugu: చింత (cinta) (learned)
- → Tamil: சிந்தை (cintai), சிந்தனை (cintaṉai)
- Malay: cinta
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899) “चिन्ता”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 398.
- Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “चिन्ता”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “cintāˊ”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press