शीत

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit शीत (śīta).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ʃiːt̪/

Adjective

शीत • (śīt) (indeclinable)

1. cold

   Synonyms: ठंडा (ṭhaṇḍā), शीतल (śītal)

   शीत युद्ध ― śīt yuddh ― Cold War

Noun

शीत • (śīt) m

1. cold, coldness

   Synonym: ठंड (ṭhaṇḍ)

2. winter, the cold season

   Synonyms: सर्दी (sardī), शिशिर (śiśir)

3. cinnamon

   Synonyms: दारचीनी (dārcīnī), दालचीनी (dālcīnī)

4. neem

   Synonym: नीम (nīm)

5. camphor

   Synonym: कपूर (kapūr)

Declension

Declension of शीत (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	शीत śīt	शीत śīt
oblique	शीत śīt	शीतों śītõ
vocative	शीत śīt	शीतो śīto

Further reading

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “शीत”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 4760
• Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “शीत”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 745
• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “शीत”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons, page 615.
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “शीत”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 952

Konkani

Etymology

From Sanskrit सिक्थ (siktha).

Noun

शीत • (śīt) (Latin script xit, Kannada script ಶೀತ್)

1. cooked rice

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• শীত (Assamese script)
• ᬰᬷᬢ (Balinese script)
• শীত (Bengali script)
• 𑰫𑰱𑰝 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀰𑀻𑀢 (Brahmi script)
• ၐီတ (Burmese script)
• શીત (Gujarati script)
• ਸ਼ੀਤ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌶𑍀𑌤 (Grantha script)
• ꦯꦷꦠ (Javanese script)
• 𑂬𑂲𑂞 (Kaithi script)
• ಶೀತ (Kannada script)
• ឝីត (Khmer script)
• ຨີຕ (Lao script)
• ശീത (Malayalam script)
• ᡧᡳᡳᢠᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘫𑘲𑘝 (Modi script)
• ᠱᠢᠢᢐᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧋𑧓𑦽 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐱𑐷𑐟 (Newa script)
• ଶୀତ (Odia script)
• ꢯꢷꢡ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆯𑆵𑆠 (Sharada script)
• 𑖫𑖱𑖝 (Siddham script)
• ශීත (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩿𑩑𑩛𑩫 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚧𑚯𑚙 (Takri script)
• ஶீத (Tamil script)
• శీత (Telugu script)
• ศีต (Thai script)
• ཤཱི་ཏ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒬𑒲𑒞 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨮𑨁𑨊𑨙 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From the root श्यै (śyai, “to congeal, freeze”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕiː.tɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɕiː.t̪ɐ/

Adjective

शीत • (śīta) stem

1. cold, cool, chilly, frigid
2. dull, apathetic, sluggish, indolent
3. boiled

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of शीत
Nom. sg.	शीतः (śītaḥ)
Gen. sg.	शीतस्य (śītasya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	शीतः (śītaḥ)	शीतौ (śītau)	शीताः (śītāḥ)
Vocative	शीत (śīta)	शीतौ (śītau)	शीताः (śītāḥ)
Accusative	शीतम् (śītam)	शीतौ (śītau)	शीतान् (śītān)
Instrumental	शीतेन (śītena)	शीताभ्याम् (śītābhyām)	शीतैः (śītaiḥ)
Dative	शीताय (śītāya)	शीताभ्याम् (śītābhyām)	शीतेभ्यः (śītebhyaḥ)
Ablative	शीतात् (śītāt)	शीताभ्याम् (śītābhyām)	शीतेभ्यः (śītebhyaḥ)
Genitive	शीतस्य (śītasya)	शीतयोः (śītayoḥ)	शीतानाम् (śītānām)
Locative	शीते (śīte)	शीतयोः (śītayoḥ)	शीतेषु (śīteṣu)

Feminine ā-stem declension of शीत
Nom. sg.	शीता (śītā)
Gen. sg.	शीतायाः (śītāyāḥ)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	शीता (śītā)	शीते (śīte)	शीताः (śītāḥ)
Vocative	शीते (śīte)	शीते (śīte)	शीताः (śītāḥ)
Accusative	शीताम् (śītām)	शीते (śīte)	शीताः (śītāḥ)
Instrumental	शीतया (śītayā)	शीताभ्याम् (śītābhyām)	शीताभिः (śītābhiḥ)
Dative	शीतायै (śītāyai)	शीताभ्याम् (śītābhyām)	शीताभ्यः (śītābhyaḥ)
Ablative	शीतायाः (śītāyāḥ)	शीताभ्याम् (śītābhyām)	शीताभ्यः (śītābhyaḥ)
Genitive	शीतायाः (śītāyāḥ)	शीतयोः (śītayoḥ)	शीतानाम् (śītānām)
Locative	शीतायाम् (śītāyām)	शीतयोः (śītayoḥ)	शीतासु (śītāsu)

Neuter a-stem declension of शीत
Nom. sg.	शीतम् (śītam)
Gen. sg.	शीतस्य (śītasya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	शीतम् (śītam)	शीते (śīte)	शीतानि (śītāni)
Vocative	शीत (śīta)	शीते (śīte)	शीतानि (śītāni)
Accusative	शीतम् (śītam)	शीते (śīte)	शीतानि (śītāni)
Instrumental	शीतेन (śītena)	शीताभ्याम् (śītābhyām)	शीतैः (śītaiḥ)
Dative	शीताय (śītāya)	शीताभ्याम् (śītābhyām)	शीतेभ्यः (śītebhyaḥ)
Ablative	शीतात् (śītāt)	शीताभ्याम् (śītābhyām)	शीतेभ्यः (śītebhyaḥ)
Genitive	शीतस्य (śītasya)	शीतयोः (śītayoḥ)	शीतानाम् (śītānām)
Locative	शीते (śīte)	शीतयोः (śītayoḥ)	शीतेषु (śīteṣu)

Noun

शीत • (śīta) stem, n

1. cold, coldness, cold weather
2. cold water

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of शीत (śīta)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	शीतम् śītam	शीते śīte	शीतानि / शीता¹ śītāni / śītā¹
Vocative	शीत śīta	शीते śīte	शीतानि / शीता¹ śītāni / śītā¹
Accusative	शीतम् śītam	शीते śīte	शीतानि / शीता¹ śītāni / śītā¹
Instrumental	शीतेन śītena	शीताभ्याम् śītābhyām	शीतैः / शीतेभिः¹ śītaiḥ / śītebhiḥ¹
Dative	शीताय śītāya	शीताभ्याम् śītābhyām	शीतेभ्यः śītebhyaḥ
Ablative	शीतात् śītāt	शीताभ्याम् śītābhyām	शीतेभ्यः śītebhyaḥ
Genitive	शीतस्य śītasya	शीतयोः śītayoḥ	शीतानाम् śītānām
Locative	शीते śīte	शीतयोः śītayoḥ	शीतेषु śīteṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “शीत”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1077/3.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 643