سیتا
Urdu
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Sanskrit सीता (sītā). First attested in c. 1700 as Middle Hindi سیتا (syta /sītā/).[1]
Pronunciation
edit- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /siː.t̪ɑː/
- Hyphenation: سِی‧تا
- Rhymes: -ɑ
Proper noun
editسِیتا • (sītā) f (Hindi spelling सीता)
- (Hinduism) Sita
- a female given name, Sita, from Sanskrit, of Hindu usage
Derived terms
edit- سِیتا پَھل (sītā phal, “custard apple, sugar apple”)
References
editFurther reading
edit- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “سيتا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 394
- “سیتا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “سيتا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 709
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