चेतना

Hindi

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /t͡ʃeːt̪.nɑː/, [t͡ʃeːt̪̚.näː]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sanskrit चेतना (cetanā).

Noun

चेतना • (cetnāf

  1. consciousness
    Synonym: होश (hoś)
    मैं अचानक चेतना में आया।
    ma͠i acānak cetnā mẽ āyā.
    I suddenly became conscious.
  2. intelligence, understanding
    Synonyms: समझ (samajh), बुद्धि (buddhi)
Declension
Declension of चेतना (fem ā-stem)
singular plural
direct चेतना
cetnā
चेतनाएँ
cetnāẽ
oblique चेतना
cetnā
चेतनाओं
cetnāõ
vocative चेतना
cetnā
चेतनाओ
cetnāo

Etymology 2

Inherited from Sanskrit चेत्तृ (cettṛ). Cognate to Bengali চেতা (ceta).

Verb

चेतना • (cetnā)

  1. to be conscious, to awaken
    Synonym: होश में आना (hoś mẽ ānā)
  2. to become aware, to realize
  3. to consider, meditate on
Conjugation

Further reading

Marathi

Etymology

Inherited from Old Marathi चेतना (cetanā), from Sanskrit चेतना (cetanā).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ɕet̪.na/

Noun

चेतना • (cetnāf

  1. consciousness
    Synonym: देहभान (dehbhān)
  2. intelligence, understanding
    Synonyms: समज (samaj), बुद्धी (buddhī)
  3. vitality
  4. (rare) virility
    Synonym: पुरुषत्व (puruṣatva)

Declension

Declension of चेतना (fem ā-stem)
direct
singular
चेतना
cetnā
direct
plural
चेतना
cētanā
singular
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
nominative
प्रथमा
चेतना
cetnā
चेतना
cētanā
oblique
सामान्यरूप
चेतने
cētane
चेतनां-
cētanān-
acc. / dative
द्वितीया / चतुर्थी
चेतनेला
cētanelā
चेतनांना
cētanānnā
ergative चेतनेने, चेतनेनं
cētanene, cētanena
चेतनांनी
cētanānnī
instrumental चेतनेशी
cētaneśī
चेतनांशी
cētanānśī
locative
सप्तमी
चेतनेत
cētanet
चेतनांत
cētanāt
vocative
संबोधन
चेतने
cētane
चेतनांनो
cētanānno
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 चेतना (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
चेतनेचा
cētaneċā
चेतनेचे
cētaneċe
चेतनेची
cētanecī
चेतनेच्या
cētanecā
चेतनेचे, चेतनेचं
cētaneċe, cētaneċa
चेतनेची
cētanecī
चेतनेच्या
cētanecā
plural subject
अनेकवचनी कर्ता
चेतनांचा
cētanānċā
चेतनांचे
cētanānċe
चेतनांची
cētanāñcī
चेतनांच्या
cētanāncā
चेतनांचे, चेतनांचं
cētanānċe, cētanānċa
चेतनांची
cētanāñcī
चेतनांच्या
cētanāñcā
* Note: Word-final (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as (a).
Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

Proper noun

चेतना • (cetnāf

  1. a female given name, equivalent to English Chetna

References

Sanskrit

Etymology

Feminine form of चेतन (cetana),[1] from चित् (cit) +‎ -अन (-ana)

Pronunciation

Noun

चेतना • (cetanā) stemf

  1. consciousness, understanding, sense, intelligence

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of चेतना
singular dual plural
nominative चेतना (cetanā) चेतने (cetane) चेतनाः (cetanāḥ)
accusative चेतनाम् (cetanām) चेतने (cetane) चेतनाः (cetanāḥ)
instrumental चेतनया (cetanayā)
चेतना¹ (cetanā¹)
चेतनाभ्याम् (cetanābhyām) चेतनाभिः (cetanābhiḥ)
dative चेतनायै (cetanāyai) चेतनाभ्याम् (cetanābhyām) चेतनाभ्यः (cetanābhyaḥ)
ablative चेतनायाः (cetanāyāḥ)
चेतनायै² (cetanāyai²)
चेतनाभ्याम् (cetanābhyām) चेतनाभ्यः (cetanābhyaḥ)
genitive चेतनायाः (cetanāyāḥ)
चेतनायै² (cetanāyai²)
चेतनयोः (cetanayoḥ) चेतनानाम् (cetanānām)
locative चेतनायाम् (cetanāyām) चेतनयोः (cetanayoḥ) चेतनासु (cetanāsu)
vocative चेतने (cetane) चेतने (cetane) चेतनाः (cetanāḥ)
  • ¹Vedic
  • ²Brāhmaṇas

Derived terms

  • चेतनावत् (cetanāvat)

References

  1. ^ Monier Williams (1899) “चेतना”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0397.