चैत

Nepali

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit चैत्र (caitra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡sʌi̯t̪]
• Phonetic Devanagari: चैत्

Proper noun

चैत • (cait)

1. Chaitra
   1. the twelfth month in the Vikram Samvat calendar
   2. the first month in the lunar Hindu calendar

   Synonym: चैत्र (caitra)

Related terms

• (lunar months) वैशाख (vaiśākh), ज्येष्ठ (jyeṣṭha) / जेठ (jeṭh), आषाढ (āṣāḍh), साउन (sāuna), भदौ (bhadau) / भाद्र (bhādra), असोज (asoj) / आश्विन (āśvina), कात्तिक (kāttik) / कार्त्तिक (kārttik), मङ्सिर (maṅsira) / मार्ग (mārga), पुस (pus) / पौष (pauṣ), माघ (māgh), फागुन (phāguna) / फाल्गुन (phālguna), चैत (cait) / चैत्र (caitra) ^{(Category: ne:Hindu lunar calendar months)}

Further reading

• “चैत”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś)‎^[1], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
• Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993) “चैत”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar