समिता
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- সমিতা (Assamese script)
- ᬲᬫᬶᬢᬵ (Balinese script)
- সমিতা (Bengali script)
- 𑰭𑰦𑰰𑰝𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀲𑀫𑀺𑀢𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- သမိတာ (Burmese script)
- સમિતા (Gujarati script)
- ਸਮਿਤਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌸𑌮𑌿𑌤𑌾 (Grantha script)
- ꦱꦩꦶꦠꦴ (Javanese script)
- 𑂮𑂧𑂱𑂞𑂰 (Kaithi script)
- ಸಮಿತಾ (Kannada script)
- សមិតា (Khmer script)
- ສມິຕາ (Lao script)
- സമിതാ (Malayalam script)
- ᠰᠠᠮᡳᢠᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- 𑘭𑘦𑘱𑘝𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᠰᠠᠮᠢᢐᠠ᠋ᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧍𑧆𑧒𑦽𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐳𑐩𑐶𑐟𑐵 (Newa script)
- ସମିତା (Odia script)
- ꢱꢪꢶꢡꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆱𑆩𑆴𑆠𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖭𑖦𑖰𑖝𑖯 (Siddham script)
- සමිතා (Sinhalese script)
- 𑪁𑩴𑩑𑩫𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚨𑚢𑚮𑚙𑚭 (Takri script)
- ஸமிதா (Tamil script)
- సమితా (Telugu script)
- สมิตา (Thai script)
- ས་མི་ཏཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒮𑒧𑒱𑒞𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨰𑨢𑨁𑨙𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
A Wanderwort, related to Aramaic סְמִידָא / ܣܡܻܝܕܳܐ (səmīḏā), from Akkadian 𒆠𒅔𒆠𒅔𒄯𒄯 (/samīdu/, “a type of fine groats, coarse flour, semolina”), related to Akkadian 𒀀𒊏𒄯𒄯 (/samādu/, “to grind fine”). Cognate with Latin simila, Proto-West Germanic *similā, Ancient Greek σεμῐ́δᾱλῐς (semĭ́dālĭs), Arabic سَمِيذ (samīḏ), and Classical Persian سَمِد (samid). Doublet of समीदा (samīdā), शमिता (śamitā), and (late Sanskrit) सेविका (sevikā).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /s̪ɐ.mi.t̪ɑː/
Noun
समिता • (samitā) stem, f
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | समिता (samitā) | समिते (samite) | समिताः (samitāḥ) |
| accusative | समिताम् (samitām) | समिते (samite) | समिताः (samitāḥ) |
| instrumental | समितया (samitayā) | समिताभ्याम् (samitābhyām) | समिताभिः (samitābhiḥ) |
| dative | समितायै (samitāyai) | समिताभ्याम् (samitābhyām) | समिताभ्यः (samitābhyaḥ) |
| ablative | समितायाः (samitāyāḥ) | समिताभ्याम् (samitābhyām) | समिताभ्यः (samitābhyaḥ) |
| genitive | समितायाः (samitāyāḥ) | समितयोः (samitayoḥ) | समितानाम् (samitānām) |
| locative | समितायाम् (samitāyām) | समितयोः (samitayoḥ) | समितासु (samitāsu) |
| vocative | समिते (samite) | समिते (samite) | समिताः (samitāḥ) |
Derived terms
- सामित (sāmita, “made of wheat-flour”)
Descendants
- Prakrit: समिआ (samiā, “wheat-flour”), समिअ (samia, “a confection”) (see there for further descendants)
References
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary][1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 438
- Monier Williams (1899) “समिता”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1164.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “śamitā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 713