चिता
Hindi
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Sanskrit चिता (citā).
Noun
editचिता • (citā) f
- pile of wood used for lighting the funeral pyre, for cremation
- c. 1800, Betal Pachisi :
- राजा की चिता तैयार हुई। सेनापति वहाँ गया और उसमें कूद पड़ा।
- rājā kī citā taiyār huī. senāpti vahā̃ gayā aur usmẽ kūd paṛā.
- The king's funeral pyre was readied. The general went and jumped in it.
- राजा की चिता तैयार हुई। सेनापति वहाँ गया और उसमें कूद पड़ा।
- (literary) a pile, heap
Declension
editMarathi
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Sanskrit चिता (citā).
Noun
editचिता • (citā)
- a funeral pyre
Sanskrit
editEtymology
editFrom the root चि (ci) + -ता (-tā), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷey- (“to pile up”) whence also the verb चिनोति (cinoti). Cognate with Ancient Greek ποιέω (poiéō, “to pile up”) and Old Church Slavonic чинъ (činŭ, “rank, order”).
Noun
editचिता • (citā) stem, f
Declension
editFeminine ā-stem declension of चिता (citā́) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | चिता citā́ |
चिते cité |
चिताः citā́ḥ |
Vocative | चिते cíte |
चिते cíte |
चिताः cítāḥ |
Accusative | चिताम् citā́m |
चिते cité |
चिताः citā́ḥ |
Instrumental | चितया / चिता¹ citáyā / citā́¹ |
चिताभ्याम् citā́bhyām |
चिताभिः citā́bhiḥ |
Dative | चितायै citā́yai |
चिताभ्याम् citā́bhyām |
चिताभ्यः citā́bhyaḥ |
Ablative | चितायाः / चितायै² citā́yāḥ / citā́yai² |
चिताभ्याम् citā́bhyām |
चिताभ्यः citā́bhyaḥ |
Genitive | चितायाः / चितायै² citā́yāḥ / citā́yai² |
चितयोः citáyoḥ |
चितानाम् citā́nām |
Locative | चितायाम् citā́yām |
चितयोः citáyoḥ |
चितासु citā́su |
Notes |
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References
edit- Monier Williams (1899) “चिता”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 394.
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