चिंता

See also: चूत and चीता

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit चिन्ता (cintā), from the root verb चित् (cit, “to think, consider, reflect upon”). Cognate with Gujarati ચિંતા (cintā), Marathi चिंता (cintā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃɪ̃n̪t̪a(ː)]

Noun

चिंता • (cintā) f (Urdu spelling چنتا)

1. anxiety, concern, worry

   सारी रात चिंता से अँगारों पर लोटता रहा।

   sārī rāt cintā se aṅgārõ par loṭtā rahā.

   My anxiety kept me restless the entire night.

   नया पुस्तक की चिंता न करें।

   nayā pustak kī cintā na karẽ.

   Don't worry about the new book.

   हम गुण की चिंता करते हैं परिणाम की नहीं।

   ham guṇ kī cintā karte ha͠i pariṇām kī nahī̃.

   We worry about character, not results. (More loosely: we focus on the person, not the task.)

Declension

Declension of चिंता (fem ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	चिंता cintā	चिंताएँ cintāẽ
oblique	चिंता cintā	चिंताओं cintāõ
vocative	चिंता cintā	चिंताओ cintāo

Synonyms

• फ़िक्र (fikr)

References

• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “चिंता”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit चिन्ता (cintā), from the root verb चित् (cit, “to think, consider, reflect upon”). Cognate with Gujarati ચિંતા (cintā), Hindi चिंता (cintā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ɕin.t̪a/

Noun

चिंता • (cintā) f

1. concern, worry
2. care

   Synonyms: काळजी (kāḷjī), फिकीर (phikīr)

Declension

Declension of चिंता (fem ā-stem)
direct singular	चिंता cintā
direct plural	चिंता chintā
	singular एकवचन		plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	चिंता cintā		चिंता chintā
oblique सामान्यरूप	चिंते chinte		चिंतां- chintān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	चिंतेला chintelā		चिंतांना chintānnā
ergative	चिंतेने, चिंतेनं chintene, chintena		चिंतांनी chintānnī
instrumental	चिंतेशी chinteśī		चिंतांशी chintānśī
locative सप्तमी	चिंतेत chintet		चिंतांत chintāt
vocative संबोधन	चिंते chinte		चिंतांनो chintānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of चिंता (fem ā-stem)
	masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म		feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म		neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म		oblique सामान्यरूप
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular* एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता	चिंतेचा chinteċā	चिंतेचे chinteċe	चिंतेची chintecī	चिंतेच्या chintecā	चिंतेचे, चिंतेचं chinteċe, chinteċa	चिंतेची chintecī	चिंतेच्या chintecā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	चिंतांचा chintānċā	चिंतांचे chintānċe	चिंतांची chintāñcī	चिंतांच्या chintāncā	चिंतांचे, चिंतांचं chintānċe, chintānċa	चिंतांची chintāñcī	चिंतांच्या chintāñcā
* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

Derived terms

• चिंताग्रस्त (cintāgrasta)
• चिंताजनक (cintājnak)
• चिंतातूर (cintātūr)
• चिंतामणी (cintāmṇī)

 

References

• Berntsen, Maxine, “चिंता”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.