कीट

See also: कोटि, कांटा, काँटा, and कौट

Hindi

Etymology 1

Noun

कीट • (kīṭ) m (Urdu spelling کیٹ)

1. insect

   Synonym: कीड़ा (kīṛā)

Declension

Declension of कीट (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	कीट kīṭ	कीट kīṭ
oblique	कीट kīṭ	कीटों kīṭõ
vocative	कीट kīṭ	कीटो kīṭo

Etymology 2

Noun

कीट • (kīṭ) m (Urdu spelling کیٹ)

1. sediment, dregs

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “कीट”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884) “कीट”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• “कीट”, in Collins Gem Hindi-English Dictionary, Collins, 2011, →ISBN

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• কীট (Assamese script)
• ᬓᬷᬝ (Balinese script)
• কীট (Bengali script)
• 𑰎𑰱𑰘 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀓𑀻𑀝 (Brahmi script)
• ကီဋ (Burmese script)
• કીટ (Gujarati script)
• ਕੀਟ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌕𑍀𑌟 (Grantha script)
• ꦏꦷꦛ (Javanese script)
• 𑂍𑂲𑂗 (Kaithi script)
• ಕೀಟ (Kannada script)
• កីដ (Khmer script)
• ກີຏ (Lao script)
• കീട (Malayalam script)
• ᡬᡳᡳᢞᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘎𑘲𑘘 (Modi script)
• ᢉᠢᠢᢌᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦮𑧓𑦸 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐎𑐷𑐚 (Newa script)
• କୀଟ (Odia script)
• ꢒꢷꢜ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆑𑆵𑆛 (Sharada script)
• 𑖎𑖱𑖘 (Siddham script)
• කීට (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩜𑩑𑩛𑩦 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚊𑚯𑚔 (Takri script)
• கீட (Tamil script)
• కీట (Telugu script)
• กีฏ (Thai script)
• ཀཱི་ཊ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒏𑒲𑒙 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨋𑨁𑨊𑨔 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

According to Mayrhofer, probably borrowed from a non-Indo-Aryan language or an Indo-Aryan vernacular.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kiː.ʈɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkiː.ʈɐ/

Noun

कीट • (kīṭa) stem, m

1. (zoology) a worm, insect

Descendants

• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀓𑀻𑀟 (kīḍa)
  • Konkani: किडो (kiḍô)
  • Old Marathi: 𑘎𑘱𑘚𑘰 (kiḍā)
    • Marathi: किडा (kiḍā)
• Pali: kīṭa
• Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀓𑀻𑀟 (kīḍa)
  • Gujarati: કીડો (kīḍo)
  • Hindustani:

    Hindi: कीड़ा (kīṛā)

    Urdu: کیڑا (kīṛā)

  • Punjabi: ਕੀੜਾ (kīṛā)
  • Sindhi: ڪِيڙو / कीड़ो (kīṛo)
• → Hindi: कीट (kīṭ)
• ⇒ Telugu: కీటము (kīṭamu)
• → Thai: กีฏ (gii-dtà-)

References

• “कीट” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 122, column 1.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “कीट”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 068
• Monier Williams (1899) “कीट”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 284, column 3.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992–2001) “page-355”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag