सीता

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit सीता (sītā). First attested in c. 1700 as Middle Hindi سیتا (syta /⁠sītā⁠/).

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /siː.t̪ɑː/, [siː.t̪äː]
Hyphenation: सी‧ता
Rhymes: -ɑː

Proper noun

सीता • (sītā) f (Urdu spelling سِیتا)

(Hinduism) Sita (an avatar of Lakshmi)
Synonyms: सीया (sīyā), जानकी (jānkī), वैदेही (vaidehī), मैथिली (maithilī)
a female given name, Sita, from Sanskrit
Seetha (a river in Karnataka, India)

Declension

Declension of *सीता* (fem ā-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	सीता sītā	सीताएँ sītāẽ
oblique	सीता sītā	सीताओं sītāõ
vocative	सीता sītā	सीताओ sītāo

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit सीता (sītā). First attested as Old Marathi 𑘭𑘲𑘝𑘰 (sītā).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /si.t̪a/
Hyphenation: सी‧ता
Rhymes: -a

Proper noun

सीता • (sītā) f

(Hinduism) Sita, the consort of Rāma and an avatar of Goddess Lakshmi
Synonyms: जानकी (jānkī), वैदेही (vaidehī), मैथिली (maithilī)
a female given name from Sanskrit
a river in Karnataka, India

Declension

Declension of सीता (fem ā-stem)
direct singular	सीता sītā
direct plural	सीता sītā
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	सीता sītā	सीता sītā
oblique सामान्यरूप	सीते sīte	सीतां- sītān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	सीतेला sītelā	सीतांना sītānnā
ergative	सीतेने, सीतेनं sītene, sītena	सीतांनी sītānnī
instrumental	सीतेशी sīteśī	सीतांशी sītānśī
locative सप्तमी	सीतेत sītet	सीतांत sītāt
vocative संबोधन	सीते sīte	सीतांनो sītānno
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 सीता (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	oblique सामान्यरूप
singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता	सीतेचा sīteċā	सीतेचे sīteċe	सीतेची sītecī	सीतेच्या sītecā	सीतेचे, सीतेचं sīteċe, sīteċa	सीतेची sītecī	सीतेच्या sītecā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	सीतांचा sītānċā	सीतांचे sītānċe	सीतांची sītāñcī	सीतांच्या sītāncā	सीतांचे, सीतांचं sītānċe, sītānċa	सीतांची sītāñcī	सीतांच्या sītāñcā
^* 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.

Derived terms

सीताफळ (sītāphaḷ)

References

Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “सीता”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “सीता”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

সীতা (Assamese script)
ᬲᬷᬢᬵ (Balinese script)
সীতা (Bengali script)
𑰭𑰱𑰝𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀲𑀻𑀢𑀸 (Brahmi script)
သီတာ (Burmese script)
સીતા (Gujarati script)
ਸੀਤਾ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌸𑍀𑌤𑌾 (Grantha script)
ꦱꦷꦠꦴ (Javanese script)
𑂮𑂲𑂞𑂰 (Kaithi script)
ಸೀತಾ (Kannada script)
សីតា (Khmer script)
ສີຕາ (Lao script)
സീതാ (Malayalam script)
ᠰᡳᡳᢠᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
𑘭𑘲𑘝𑘰 (Modi script)
ᠰᠢᠢᢐᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
𑧍𑧓𑦽𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
𑐳𑐷𑐟𑐵 (Newa script)
ସୀତା (Odia script)
ꢱꢷꢡꢵ (Saurashtra script)
𑆱𑆵𑆠𑆳 (Sharada script)
𑖭𑖱𑖝𑖯 (Siddham script)
සීතා (Sinhalese script)
𑪁𑩑𑩛𑩫𑩛 (Soyombo script)
𑚨𑚯𑚙𑚭 (Takri script)
ஸீதா (Tamil script)
సీతా (Telugu script)
สีตา (Thai script)
སཱི་ཏཱ (Tibetan script)
𑒮𑒲𑒞𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
𑨰𑨁𑨊𑨙𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /siː.tɑː/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /s̪iː.t̪ɑː/

Noun

सीता • (sītā) stem, f

a furrow, the track or line of a ploughshare
name of the eastern branch of the four mythical branches of the Ganga
name of an Upanishad
spirituous liquor

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of सीता
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	सीता (sītā)	सीते (sīte)	सीताः (sītāḥ)
accusative	सीताम् (sītām)	सीते (sīte)	सीताः (sītāḥ)
instrumental	सीतया (sītayā) सीता¹ (sītā¹)	सीताभ्याम् (sītābhyām)	सीताभिः (sītābhiḥ)
dative	सीतायै (sītāyai)	सीताभ्याम् (sītābhyām)	सीताभ्यः (sītābhyaḥ)
ablative	सीतायाः (sītāyāḥ) सीतायै² (sītāyai²)	सीताभ्याम् (sītābhyām)	सीताभ्यः (sītābhyaḥ)
genitive	सीतायाः (sītāyāḥ) सीतायै² (sītāyai²)	सीतयोः (sītayoḥ)	सीतानाम् (sītānām)
locative	सीतायाम् (sītāyām)	सीतयोः (sītayoḥ)	सीतासु (sītāsu)
vocative	सीते (sīte)	सीते (sīte)	सीताः (sītāḥ)

¹Vedic
²Brāhmaṇas

Proper noun

सीता • (sītā) stem, f

(Hinduism), Adoptive daughter of Janaka and Sunayanā, sister of Urmila, wife of Rāma, mother of Lava and Kusha.

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of सीता
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	सीता (sītā)	सीते (sīte)	सीताः (sītāḥ)
accusative	सीताम् (sītām)	सीते (sīte)	सीताः (sītāḥ)
instrumental	सीतया (sītayā) सीता¹ (sītā¹)	सीताभ्याम् (sītābhyām)	सीताभिः (sītābhiḥ)
dative	सीतायै (sītāyai)	सीताभ्याम् (sītābhyām)	सीताभ्यः (sītābhyaḥ)
ablative	सीतायाः (sītāyāḥ) सीतायै² (sītāyai²)	सीताभ्याम् (sītābhyām)	सीताभ्यः (sītābhyaḥ)
genitive	सीतायाः (sītāyāḥ) सीतायै² (sītāyai²)	सीतयोः (sītayoḥ)	सीतानाम् (sītānām)
locative	सीतायाम् (sītāyām)	सीतयोः (sītayoḥ)	सीतासु (sītāsu)
vocative	सीते (sīte)	सीते (sīte)	सीताः (sītāḥ)

¹Vedic
²Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

Pali: sītā
Prakrit: 𑀲𑀻𑀆 (sīā), 𑀲𑀻𑀬𑀸 (sīyā) — Ardhamāgadhī (see there for further descendants)

Terms borrowed from Sanskrit सीता (sītā)

→ Bengali: সীতা (śita) (learned)
→ Burmese: သီတာ (sita)
→ Chinese: 悉多
→ Gujarati: સીતા (sītā) (learned)
→ Indonesian: Shinta
→ Kannada: ಸೀತೆ (sīte)
→ Khmer: សីតា (səytaa)
→ Marathi: sītā (learned)
Devanagari script: सीता

Modi script: 𑘭𑘲𑘝𑘰
→ Malayalam: സീത (sīta) (learned)
→ Middle Hindi: سیتا (syta /⁠sītā⁠/) (learned)
- Hindustani: sītā
  Hindi: सीता
  
  Urdu: سِیتا
→ Nepali: सीता (sītā) (learned)
→ Old Punjabi: ਸੀਤਾ (sītā) (learned)
- Punjabi: sītā
  Gurmukhi script: ਸੀਤਾ
  
  Shahmukhi script: سِیتا
→ Tamil: சீதை (cītai) (learned)
→ Thai: สีดา

References

Monier Williams (1899) “सीता”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1218, column 2.