गीता

See also: गीत

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit गीता (gītā).

Noun

गीता • (gītā) f (Urdu spelling گیتا‎)

1. song

   Synonyms: गीत (gīt), गाना (gānā)

2. (Hinduism) the Bhagavad Gita

   Synonym: भगवद् गीता (bhagvad gītā)

Declension

Declension of गीता (fem ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	गीता gītā	गीताएँ gītāẽ
oblique	गीता gītā	गीताओं gītāõ
vocative	गीता gītā	गीताओ gītāo

Synonyms

• गीत (gīt)

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• gītā (Latin script)
• 𑀕𑀻𑀢𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• গীতা (Bengali script)
• ගීතා (Sinhalese script)
• ဂီတာ or ဂဳတာ or ၷီတႃ (Burmese script)
• คีตา (Thai script)
• ᨣᩦᨲᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• ຄີຕາ (Lao script)
• គីតា (Khmer script)

Noun

गीता (gītā)

1. Devanagari script form of gītā, which is ablative singular of गीत (gīta, “song”)

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Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ᬕᬷᬢᬵ (Balinese script)
• গীতা (Assamese script)
• গীতা (Bengali script)
• 𑰐𑰱𑰝𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀕𑀻𑀢𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌗𑍀𑌤𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ગીતા (Gujarati script)
• ਗੀਤਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• ꦒꦷꦠꦴ (Javanese script)
• គីតា (Khmer script)
• ಗೀತಾ (Kannada script)
• ຄີຕາ (Lao script)
• ഗീതാ (Malayalam script)
• 𑘐𑘲𑘝𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠺᢈᢈᢐᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• ᡤᡳᡳᢠᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• ဂီတာ (Burmese script)
• 𑦰𑧓𑦽𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐐𑐷𑐟𑐵 (Newa script)
• ଗୀତା (Oriya script)
• ꢔꢷꢡꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆓𑆵𑆠𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖐𑖱𑖝𑖯 (Siddham script)
• ගීතා (Sinhalese script)
• గీతా (Telugu script)
• คีตา (Thai script)
• གཱི་ཏཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒑𑒲𑒞𑒰 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From the root गै (gai, “to sing”), from *geH- (“to sing, cry”).

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

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɡiː.tɑ́ː/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡiː.t̪ɑː/

Noun

गीता • (gītā́) f

1. a song, sacred song or poem

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of गीता (gītā)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	गीता gītā	गीते gīte	गीताः gītāḥ
Vocative	गीते gīte	गीते gīte	गीताः gītāḥ
Accusative	गीताम् gītām	गीते gīte	गीताः gītāḥ
Instrumental	गीतया / गीता¹ gītayā / gītā¹	गीताभ्याम् gītābhyām	गीताभिः gītābhiḥ
Dative	गीतायै gītāyai	गीताभ्याम् gītābhyām	गीताभ्यः gītābhyaḥ
Ablative	गीतायाः gītāyāḥ	गीताभ्याम् gītābhyām	गीताभ्यः gītābhyaḥ
Genitive	गीतायाः gītāyāḥ	गीतयोः gītayoḥ	गीतानाम् gītānām
Locative	गीतायाम् gītāyām	गीतयोः gītayoḥ	गीतासु gītāsu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “गीता”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0356.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “गीता”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
• Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “गीता”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016

• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 355
• Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 356