चिन्ता

Hindi

Pronunciation

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

Noun

चिन्ता • (cintā) f (Urdu spelling چِنْتا)

1. Alternative spelling of चिंता (cintā, “worry”)

Declension

Declension of चिन्ता (fem ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	चिन्ता cintā	चिन्ताएँ cintāẽ
oblique	चिन्ता cintā	चिन्ताओं cintāõ
vocative	चिन्ता cintā	चिन्ताओ cintāo

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• চিন্তা (Assamese script)
• ᬘᬶᬦ᭄ᬢᬵ (Balinese script)
• চিন্তা (Bengali script)
• 𑰓𑰰𑰡𑰿𑰝𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀘𑀺𑀦𑁆𑀢𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• စိန္တာ (Burmese script)
• ચિન્તા (Gujarati script)
• ਚਿਨ੍ਤਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌚𑌿𑌨𑍍𑌤𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦕꦶꦤ꧀ꦠꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂒𑂱𑂢𑂹𑂞𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಚಿನ್ತಾ (Kannada script)
• ចិន្តា (Khmer script)
• ຈິນ຺ຕາ (Lao script)
• ചിന്താ (Malayalam script)
• ᢜᡳᠨᢠᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘓𑘱𑘡𑘿𑘝𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᢋᠢᠨᢐᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦳𑧒𑧁𑧠𑦽𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐔𑐶𑐣𑑂𑐟𑐵 (Newa script)
• ଚିନ୍ତା (Odia script)
• ꢗꢶꢥ꣄ꢡꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆖𑆴𑆤𑇀𑆠𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖓𑖰𑖡𑖿𑖝𑖯 (Siddham script)
• චින‍්තා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩡𑩑𑩯 𑪙𑩫𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚏𑚮𑚝𑚶𑚙𑚭 (Takri script)
• சிந்தா (Tamil script)
• చిన్తా (Telugu script)
• จินฺตา (Thai script)
• ཙི་ནྟཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒔𑒱𑒢𑓂𑒞𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨣𑨁𑨝𑩇𑨙𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From चिन्त् (cint, “to think, worry”, root) +‎ -आ (-ā).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕin.tɑ́ː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ɕin̪.t̪ɑː/

Noun

चिन्ता • (cintā́) stem, f

1. thinking, thought
2. sad or sorrowful thought, care, anxiety, worry
3. reflection, consideration; uneasiness, apprehension
4. (rhetoric) anxiety, considered as one of the 33 subordinate feelings

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of चिन्ता (cintā́)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	चिन्ता cintā́	चिन्ते cinté	चिन्ताः cintā́ḥ
Vocative	चिन्ते cínte	चिन्ते cínte	चिन्ताः cíntāḥ
Accusative	चिन्ताम् cintā́m	चिन्ते cinté	चिन्ताः cintā́ḥ
Instrumental	चिन्तया / चिन्ता¹ cintáyā / cintā́¹	चिन्ताभ्याम् cintā́bhyām	चिन्ताभिः cintā́bhiḥ
Dative	चिन्तायै cintā́yai	चिन्ताभ्याम् cintā́bhyām	चिन्ताभ्यः cintā́bhyaḥ
Ablative	चिन्तायाः / चिन्तायै² cintā́yāḥ / cintā́yai²	चिन्ताभ्याम् cintā́bhyām	चिन्ताभ्यः cintā́bhyaḥ
Genitive	चिन्तायाः / चिन्तायै² cintā́yāḥ / cintā́yai²	चिन्तयोः cintáyoḥ	चिन्तानाम् cintā́nām
Locative	चिन्तायाम् cintā́yām	चिन्तयोः cintáyoḥ	चिन्तासु cintā́su
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

• Pali: cintā
• Prakrit: 𑀘𑀺𑀁𑀢𑀸 (ciṃtā)
• Kannada: ಚಿಂತೆ (cinte)
• Punjabi: ਚਿੰਦਾ (cindā)
• → Bengali: চিন্তা (cinta) (learned)
• → Early Assamese: চিন্তা (cinta) (learned)
  • Assamese: চিন্তা (sinta)
• → Gujarati: ચિંતા (cintā) (learned)
• → Hindustani: cintā (learned)

  Hindi: चिंता

  Urdu: چِنْتا (cintā)

• → Marathi: चिंता (cintā) (learned)
• → Telugu: చింత (cinta) (learned)
• → Tamil: சிந்தை (cintai), சிந்தனை (cintaṉai)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “चिन्ता”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 398.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “चिन्ता”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “cintāˊ”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press