चैत्र

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit चैत्र (caitra).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /t͡ʃɛːt̪.ɾᵊ/

Proper noun

चैत्र • (caitram

  1. Chaitra (first month of the Hindu lunar calendar)

Declension

Declension of चैत्र (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct चैत्र
caitra
चैत्र
caitra
oblique चैत्र
caitra
चैत्रों
caitrõ
vocative चैत्र
caitra
चैत्रो
caitro
lunar monthsedit

References

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit चैत्र (caitra).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ɕəit̪.ɾə/

Proper noun

चैत्र • (caitram

  1. first month of Marathi calendar, Saka calendar, and Indian National Calendar.

Nepali

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit चैत्र (caitra).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t͡sʌi̯t̪rʌ]
  • Phonetic Devanagari: चैत्र

Proper noun

चैत्र • (caitra)

  1. Chaitra
    1. the twelfth month in the Vikram Samvat calendar
    2. the first month in the lunar Hindu calendar
    Synonym: चैत (cait)

Further reading

  • चैत्र”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary]‎[1], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
  • Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993) “चैत्र”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

Vṛddhi derivative of चित्रा (citrā).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

चैत्र • (caitra) stemm

  1. (Hinduism) First month of the Hindu lunar calendar

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of चैत्र
singular
nominative चैत्रः (caitraḥ)
accusative चैत्रम् (caitram)
instrumental चैत्रेण (caitreṇa)
dative चैत्राय (caitrāya)
ablative चैत्रात् (caitrāt)
genitive चैत्रस्य (caitrasya)
locative चैत्रे (caitre)
vocative चैत्र (caitra)
lunar monthsedit