गीता

See also: गीत

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit गीता (gītā).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɡiː.t̪ɑː/, [ɡiː.t̪äː]

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)

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 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)
• 𑄉𑄩𑄖𑄂 (Chakma script)

Noun

गीता (gītā)

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

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• গীতা (Assamese script)
• ᬕᬷᬢᬵ (Balinese script)
• গীতা (Bengali script)
• 𑰐𑰱𑰝𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀕𑀻𑀢𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ဂီတာ (Burmese script)
• ગીતા (Gujarati script)
• ਗੀਤਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌗𑍀𑌤𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦒꦷꦠꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂏𑂲𑂞𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಗೀತಾ (Kannada script)
• គីតា (Khmer script)
• ຄີຕາ (Lao script)
• ഗീതാ (Malayalam script)
• ᡤᡳᡳᢠᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘐𑘲𑘝𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠺᠢᠢᢐᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦰𑧓𑦽𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐐𑐷𑐟𑐵 (Newa script)
• ଗୀତା (Odia script)
• ꢔꢷꢡꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆓𑆵𑆠𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖐𑖱𑖝𑖯 (Siddham script)
• ගීතා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩞𑩑𑩛𑩫𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚌𑚯𑚙𑚭 (Takri script)
• கீ³தா (Tamil script)
• గీతా (Telugu script)
• คีตา (Thai script)
• གཱི་ཏཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒑𑒲𑒞𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨍𑨁𑨊𑨙𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Feminine of गीत (gītá), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *giHtás, from Proto-Indo-European *g⁽ʷ⁾iH-tós, from *g⁽ʷ⁾eH- (“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 Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɡiː.t̪ɑː/

Noun

गीता • (gītā́) stem, f (root गै)

1. a song, sacred song or poem
2. clipping of भगवद्गीता (bhagavadgītā)

Declension

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

Derived terms

• अनुगीता (anugītā)
• भगवद्गीता (bhagavadgītā, “the Bhagavad-gita”)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “गीता”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 356, column 1.
• 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) “355”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 355
• Mallory, J. P. with 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