चरित्र
Hindi
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Sanskrit चरित्र (caritra).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editचरित्र • (caritra) m
- conduct, behaviour
- (good) character, nature
- बिना चरित्र आदमी जानवर होता है।
- binā caritra ādmī jānvar hotā hai.
- A man without character is an animal.
- (literature) a character
- चरित्र-चित्रण ― caritra-citraṇ ― portrayal of a character
Declension
editDeclension of चरित्र (masc cons-stem)
Derived terms
edit- चरित्रांकन (caritrāṅkan)
- चरित्र-भ्रष्ट (caritra-bhraṣṭ)
- चरित्रवान (caritravān)
- चरित्रहीन (caritrahīn)
Further reading
edit- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “चरित्र”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 305
Nepali
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Sanskrit चरित्र (caritra).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editचरित्र • (caritra)
Further reading
edit- “चरित्र”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary][1], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
- Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993) “चरित्र”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar
Sanskrit
editAlternative scripts
editAlternative scripts
- চৰিত্ৰ (Assamese script)
- ᬘᬭᬶᬢ᭄ᬭ (Balinese script)
- চরিত্র (Bengali script)
- 𑰓𑰨𑰰𑰝𑰿𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀘𑀭𑀺𑀢𑁆𑀭 (Brahmi script)
- စရိတြ (Burmese script)
- ચરિત્ર (Gujarati script)
- ਚਰਿਤ੍ਰ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌚𑌰𑌿𑌤𑍍𑌰 (Grantha script)
- ꦕꦫꦶꦠꦿ (Javanese script)
- 𑂒𑂩𑂱𑂞𑂹𑂩 (Kaithi script)
- ಚರಿತ್ರ (Kannada script)
- ចរិត្រ (Khmer script)
- ຈຣິຕ຺ຣ (Lao script)
- ചരിത്ര (Malayalam script)
- ᢜᠠᡵᡳᢠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘓𑘨𑘱𑘝𑘿𑘨 (Modi script)
- ᢋᠠᠷᠢᢐᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦳𑧈𑧒𑦽𑧠𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐔𑐬𑐶𑐟𑑂𑐬 (Newa script)
- ଚରିତ୍ର (Odia script)
- ꢗꢬꢶꢡ꣄ꢬ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆖𑆫𑆴𑆠𑇀𑆫 (Sharada script)
- 𑖓𑖨𑖰𑖝𑖿𑖨 (Siddham script)
- චරිත්ර (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩡𑩼𑩑𑩫 𑪙𑩼 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚏𑚤𑚮𑚙𑚶𑚤 (Takri script)
- சரித்ர (Tamil script)
- చరిత్ర (Telugu script)
- จริตฺร (Thai script)
- ཙ་རི་ཏྲ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒔𑒩𑒱𑒞𑓂𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨣𑨫𑨁𑨙𑩇𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
editFrom Proto-Indo-European *kʷel-i-tro-m, from *kʷel- (“to walk”) + *-trom (suffix denoting a tool or an instrument for an action). The Sanskrit root is चर् (car, “to move”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editचरित्र • (carítra) stem, n
Declension
editNeuter a-stem declension of चरित्र (carítra) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | चरित्रम् carítram |
चरित्रे carítre |
चरित्राणि / चरित्रा¹ carítrāṇi / carítrā¹ |
Vocative | चरित्र cáritra |
चरित्रे cáritre |
चरित्राणि / चरित्रा¹ cáritrāṇi / cáritrā¹ |
Accusative | चरित्रम् carítram |
चरित्रे carítre |
चरित्राणि / चरित्रा¹ carítrāṇi / carítrā¹ |
Instrumental | चरित्रेण carítreṇa |
चरित्राभ्याम् carítrābhyām |
चरित्रैः / चरित्रेभिः¹ carítraiḥ / carítrebhiḥ¹ |
Dative | चरित्राय carítrāya |
चरित्राभ्याम् carítrābhyām |
चरित्रेभ्यः carítrebhyaḥ |
Ablative | चरित्रात् carítrāt |
चरित्राभ्याम् carítrābhyām |
चरित्रेभ्यः carítrebhyaḥ |
Genitive | चरित्रस्य carítrasya |
चरित्रयोः carítrayoḥ |
चरित्राणाम् carítrāṇām |
Locative | चरित्रे carítre |
चरित्रयोः carítrayoḥ |
चरित्रेषु carítreṣu |
Notes |
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Descendants
editReferences
edit- Monier Williams (1899) “चरित्र”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 390/1.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][2] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 534
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