ચિંતા

Gujarati

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit चिन्ता (cintā).

Pronunciation

Noun

ચિંતા • (cintāf

  1. anxiety, concern, worry
    કાલની ચિંતા કરશો નહીં.
    kālnī cintā karśo nahī̃.
    Don't worry about tomorrow.

Declension

Declension of ચિંતા
singular plural
nominative ચિંતા (cintā) ચિંતાઓ (cintāo)
oblique ચિંતા (cintā) ચિંતાઓ (cintāo)
vocative ચિંતા (cintā) ચિંતાઓ (cintāo)
instrumental ચિંતા (cintā) ચિંતાઓ (cintāo)
locative ચિંતાએ (cintāe) ચિંતાઓએ (cintāoe)

Descendants

  • Kachchi: ચિંધા (cindhā)

Further reading

  • ભગવતસિંહ [bhagvatsĩh] (1944) “ચિંતા”, in ભગવદ્ગોમંડલ [bhagvadgomaṇḍal], India, page 3230.
  • Edalji, Shapurji (1863) “ચિંતા”, in A dictionary Gujarati and English[1], Atmaram Sagun, page 211
  • ચિંતા”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-English dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.
  • Framji, Ardesar (1862) “ચિંતા”, in A Compendium of the English and Gujarati Dictionary[2], page 81
  • Mehta, Bhanusukhram Nirgunram, Mehta, Bharatram Bhanusukhram (1925) The Modern Gujarati-English Dictionary: (with Etymology, Idioms, Proverbs, Quotations, Botanical and Other Technical Terms)[3], Baroda: M. C. Kothari, page 548, column 1