चैतन्य
Marathi
Etymology
Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘓𑘺𑘝𑘡𑘿𑘧 (caitanya), from Sanskrit चैतन्य (caitanya).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ɕəi.t̪ən.jə/
Noun
चैतन्य • (caitanya) n
- animation (essential motivity or activity)
- vivacity, liveliness, vigour
- Synonyms: जोम (jom), उत्साह (utsāh)
- soul, life force
- percipience
Declension
| Declension of चैतन्य (neut cons-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| direct singular |
चैतन्य caitanya | ||
| direct plural |
चैतन्ये, चैतन्यं caitanyae, caitanya | ||
| singular एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन | ||
| nominative प्रथमा |
चैतन्य caitanya |
चैतन्ये, चैतन्यं caitanyae, caitanya | |
| oblique सामान्यरूप |
चैतन्या caitanyaā |
चैतन्यां- caitanyaān- | |
| acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी |
चैतन्याला caitanyaālā |
चैतन्यांना caitanyaānnā | |
| ergative | चैतन्याने, चैतन्यानं caitanyaāne, caitanyaāna |
चैतन्यांनी caitanyaānnī | |
| instrumental | चैतन्याशी caitanyaāśī |
चैतन्यांशी caitanyaānśī | |
| locative सप्तमी |
चैतन्यात caitanyaāt |
चैतन्यांत caitanyaāt | |
| vocative संबोधन |
चैतन्या caitanyaā |
चैतन्यांनो caitanyaānno | |
| 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 चैतन्य (neut cons-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 |
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| singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता |
चैतन्याचा caitanyaāċā |
चैतन्याचे caitanyaāċe |
चैतन्याची caitanyaācī |
चैतन्याच्या caitanyaācā |
चैतन्याचे, चैतन्याचं caitanyaāċe, caitanyaāċa |
चैतन्याची caitanyaācī |
चैतन्याच्या caitanyaācā | |
| plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता |
चैतन्यांचा caitanyaānċā |
चैतन्यांचे caitanyaānċe |
चैतन्यांची caitanyaāñcī |
चैतन्यांच्या caitanyaāncā |
चैतन्यांचे, चैतन्यांचं caitanyaānċe, caitanyaānċa |
चैतन्यांची caitanyaāñcī |
चैतन्यांच्या caitanyaāñcā | |
| * 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. | ||||||||
Proper noun
चैतन्य • (caitanya) m
- a male given name, Chaitanya, from Sanskrit
References
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “चैतन्य”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
- Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911) “चैतन्य”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press
- Shankar Gopal Tulpule, Anne Feldhaus (1999) “चैतन्य”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan
Sanskrit
Etymology
From चित् (cít, “thought, intellect, spirit, soul”) or चिति (cití, “understanding; the thinking mind”).
Noun
चैतन्य • (caitanya) stem, n
- consciousness, intellect
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | चैतन्यम् (caitanyam) | चैतन्ये (caitanye) | चैतन्यानि (caitanyāni) |
| accusative | चैतन्यम् (caitanyam) | चैतन्ये (caitanye) | चैतन्यानि (caitanyāni) |
| instrumental | चैतन्येन (caitanyena) | चैतन्याभ्याम् (caitanyābhyām) | चैतन्यैः (caitanyaiḥ) |
| dative | चैतन्याय (caitanyāya) | चैतन्याभ्याम् (caitanyābhyām) | चैतन्येभ्यः (caitanyebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | चैतन्यात् (caitanyāt) | चैतन्याभ्याम् (caitanyābhyām) | चैतन्येभ्यः (caitanyebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | चैतन्यस्य (caitanyasya) | चैतन्ययोः (caitanyayoḥ) | चैतन्यानाम् (caitanyānām) |
| locative | चैतन्ये (caitanye) | चैतन्ययोः (caitanyayoḥ) | चैतन्येषु (caitanyeṣu) |
| vocative | चैतन्य (caitanya) | चैतन्ये (caitanye) | चैतन्यानि (caitanyāni) |
Descendants
- Pali: cetiya
- Tibetan: ཅ་ཏི (ca ti)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “चैतन्य”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0402.
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “caitanya”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.