गीत

See also: गति, गीता, and गते

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit गीत (gītá).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɡiːt̪/
• Rhymes: -iːt̪

Noun

गीत • (gīt) m (Urdu spelling گیت)

1. song

   Synonym: गाना (gānā)

Declension

Declension of गीत (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	गीत gīt	गीत gīt
oblique	गीत gīt	गीतों gītõ
vocative	गीत gīt	गीतो gīto

Synonyms

• गीता (gītā)

Nepali

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡit̪]
• Phonetic Devanagari: गित्

Noun

गीत • (gīt)

1. song

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• gīta (Latin script)
• 𑀕𑀻𑀢 (Brahmi script)
• গীত (Bengali script)
• ගීත (Sinhalese script)
• ဂီတ or ဂဳတ or ၷီတ (Burmese script)
• คีต or คีตะ (Thai script)
• ᨣᩦᨲ (Tai Tham script)
• ຄີຕ or ຄີຕະ (Lao script)
• គីត (Khmer script)
• 𑄉𑄩𑄖 (Chakma script)

Noun

गीत n

1. Devanagari script form of gīta (“song”)

Declension

Declension table of "गीत" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	गीतं (gītaṃ)	गीतानि (gītāni)
Accusative (second)	गीतं (gītaṃ)	गीतानि (gītāni)
Instrumental (third)	गीतेन (gītena)	गीतेहि (gītehi) or गीतेभि (gītebhi)
Dative (fourth)	गीतस्स (gītassa) or गीताय (gītāya) or गीतत्थं (gītatthaṃ)	गीतानं (gītānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	गीतस्मा (gītasmā) or गीतम्हा (gītamhā) or गीता (gītā)	गीतेहि (gītehi) or गीतेभि (gītebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	गीतस्स (gītassa)	गीतानं (gītānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	गीतस्मिं (gītasmiṃ) or गीतम्हि (gītamhi) or गीते (gīte)	गीतेसु (gītesu)
Vocative (calling)	गीत (gīta)	गीतानि (gītāni)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• গীত (Assamese script)
• ᬕᬷᬢ (Balinese script)
• গীত (Bengali script)
• 𑰐𑰱𑰝 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀕𑀻𑀢 (Brahmi script)
• ဂီတ (Burmese script)
• ગીત (Gujarati script)
• ਗੀਤ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌗𑍀𑌤 (Grantha script)
• ꦒꦷꦠ (Javanese script)
• 𑂏𑂲𑂞 (Kaithi script)
• ಗೀತ (Kannada script)
• គីត (Khmer script)
• ຄີຕ (Lao script)
• ഗീത (Malayalam script)
• ᡤᡳᡳᢠᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘐𑘲𑘝 (Modi script)
• ᠺᠢᠢᢐᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦰𑧓𑦽 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐐𑐷𑐟 (Newa script)
• ଗୀତ (Odia script)
• ꢔꢷꢡ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆓𑆵𑆠 (Sharada script)
• 𑖐𑖱𑖝 (Siddham script)
• ගීත (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩞𑩑𑩛𑩫 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚌𑚯𑚙 (Takri script)
• கீ³த (Tamil script)
• గీత (Telugu script)
• คีต (Thai script)
• གཱི་ཏ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒑𑒲𑒞 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨍𑨁𑨊𑨙 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *giHtás, Proto-Indo-European *g⁽ʷ⁾iH-tós, from *geH- (“to sing, cry”). The Sanskrit root is गै (gai).

Cognate with Avestan 𐬔𐬁𐬚𐬁 (gāθā, “form of strophe, metre, namely the collections of Zarathustra's songs, the Gathas”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɡiː.tɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡiː.t̪ɐ/

Adjective

गीत • (gītá)

1. sung, chanted
2. praised in song

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of गीत (gītá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	गीतः gītáḥ	गीतौ / गीता¹ gītaú / gītā́¹	गीताः / गीतासः¹ gītā́ḥ / gītā́saḥ¹
Vocative	गीत gī́ta	गीतौ / गीता¹ gī́tau / gī́tā¹	गीताः / गीतासः¹ gī́tāḥ / gī́tāsaḥ¹
Accusative	गीतम् gītám	गीतौ / गीता¹ gītaú / gītā́¹	गीतान् gītā́n
Instrumental	गीतेन gīténa	गीताभ्याम् gītā́bhyām	गीतैः / गीतेभिः¹ gītaíḥ / gītébhiḥ¹
Dative	गीताय gītā́ya	गीताभ्याम् gītā́bhyām	गीतेभ्यः gītébhyaḥ
Ablative	गीतात् gītā́t	गीताभ्याम् gītā́bhyām	गीतेभ्यः gītébhyaḥ
Genitive	गीतस्य gītásya	गीतयोः gītáyoḥ	गीतानाम् gītā́nām
Locative	गीते gīté	गीतयोः gītáyoḥ	गीतेषु gītéṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Feminine ā-stem declension of गीता (gītā́)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	गीता gītā́	गीते gīté	गीताः gītā́ḥ
Vocative	गीते gī́te	गीते gī́te	गीताः gī́tāḥ
Accusative	गीताम् gītā́m	गीते gīté	गीताः gītā́ḥ
Instrumental	गीतया / गीता¹ gītáyā / gītā́¹	गीताभ्याम् gītā́bhyām	गीताभिः gītā́bhiḥ
Dative	गीतायै gītā́yai	गीताभ्याम् gītā́bhyām	गीताभ्यः gītā́bhyaḥ
Ablative	गीतायाः / गीतायै² gītā́yāḥ / gītā́yai²	गीताभ्याम् gītā́bhyām	गीताभ्यः gītā́bhyaḥ
Genitive	गीतायाः / गीतायै² gītā́yāḥ / gītā́yai²	गीतयोः gītáyoḥ	गीतानाम् gītā́nām
Locative	गीतायाम् gītā́yām	गीतयोः gītáyoḥ	गीतासु gītā́su
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

Neuter a-stem declension of गीत (gītá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	गीतम् gītám	गीते gīté	गीतानि / गीता¹ gītā́ni / gītā́¹
Vocative	गीत gī́ta	गीते gī́te	गीतानि / गीता¹ gī́tāni / gī́tā¹
Accusative	गीतम् gītám	गीते gīté	गीतानि / गीता¹ gītā́ni / gītā́¹
Instrumental	गीतेन gīténa	गीताभ्याम् gītā́bhyām	गीतैः / गीतेभिः¹ gītaíḥ / gītébhiḥ¹
Dative	गीताय gītā́ya	गीताभ्याम् gītā́bhyām	गीतेभ्यः gītébhyaḥ
Ablative	गीतात् gītā́t	गीताभ्याम् gītā́bhyām	गीतेभ्यः gītébhyaḥ
Genitive	गीतस्य gītásya	गीतयोः gītáyoḥ	गीतानाम् gītā́nām
Locative	गीते gīté	गीतयोः gītáyoḥ	गीतेषु gītéṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Noun

गीत • (gītá) stem, n

1. singing, song

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of गीत (gītá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	गीतम् gītám	गीते gīté	गीतानि / गीता¹ gītā́ni / gītā́¹
Vocative	गीत gī́ta	गीते gī́te	गीतानि / गीता¹ gī́tāni / gī́tā¹
Accusative	गीतम् gītám	गीते gīté	गीतानि / गीता¹ gītā́ni / gītā́¹
Instrumental	गीतेन gīténa	गीताभ्याम् gītā́bhyām	गीतैः / गीतेभिः¹ gītaíḥ / gītébhiḥ¹
Dative	गीताय gītā́ya	गीताभ्याम् gītā́bhyām	गीतेभ्यः gītébhyaḥ
Ablative	गीतात् gītā́t	गीताभ्याम् gītā́bhyām	गीतेभ्यः gītébhyaḥ
Genitive	गीतस्य gītásya	गीतयोः gītáyoḥ	गीतानाम् gītā́nām
Locative	गीते gīté	गीतयोः gītáyoḥ	गीतेषु gītéṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Derived terms

• संगीत (saṃgīta)

Descendants

• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: गीत (gīt), गीता (gītā)

  Urdu: گیت (get), گیتا (getā)

• → Malayalam: ഗീതം (gītaṁ)
• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀕𑀻𑀅 (gīa)
• Odia: ଗୀତ (gitô)
• Pali: gīta
  • → Burmese: ဂီတ (gita.)
  • → Thai: คีต (kîit), คีตะ (kii-dtà)
• Punjabi: ਗੀਤ (gīt)
• → Tamil: கீதம் (kītam)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “गीत”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 356/1.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 488