सीता
Hindi edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Sanskrit सीता (sītā)
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
सीता • (sītā) f
- (Hinduism) Sita (an avatar of Lakshmi)
- a female given name, Sita
- Seetha River (a river in India)
Declension edit
Sanskrit edit
Alternative scripts edit
Alternative scripts
- সীতা (Assamese script)
- ᬲᬷᬢᬵ (Balinese script)
- সীতা (Bengali script)
- 𑰭𑰱𑰝𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀲𑀻𑀢𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- သီတာ (Burmese script)
- સીતા (Gujarati script)
- ਸੀਤਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌸𑍀𑌤𑌾 (Grantha script)
- ꦱꦷꦠꦴ (Javanese script)
- 𑂮𑂲𑂞𑂰 (Kaithi script)
- ಸೀತಾ (Kannada script)
- សីតា (Khmer script)
- ສີຕາ (Lao script)
- സീതാ (Malayalam script)
- ᠰᡳᡳᢠᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- 𑘭𑘲𑘝𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᠰᠢᠢᢐᠠ᠋ᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧍𑧓𑦽𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐳𑐷𑐟𑐵 (Newa script)
- ସୀତା (Odia script)
- ꢱꢷꢡꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆱𑆵𑆠𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖭𑖱𑖝𑖯 (Siddham script)
- සීතා (Sinhalese script)
- 𑪁𑩑𑩛𑩫𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚨𑚯𑚙𑚭 (Takri script)
- ஸீதா (Tamil script)
- సీతా (Telugu script)
- สีตา (Thai script)
- སཱི་ཏཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒮𑒲𑒞𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨰𑨁𑨊𑨙𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
सीता • (sītā) stem, f
- a furrow, the track or line of a ploughshare
- name of the eastern branch of the four mythical branches of the Ganga
- name of an Upanishad
- spirituous liquor
Declension edit
Feminine ā-stem declension of सीता (sītā) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | सीता sītā |
सीते sīte |
सीताः sītāḥ |
Vocative | सीते sīte |
सीते sīte |
सीताः sītāḥ |
Accusative | सीताम् sītām |
सीते sīte |
सीताः sītāḥ |
Instrumental | सीतया / सीता¹ sītayā / sītā¹ |
सीताभ्याम् sītābhyām |
सीताभिः sītābhiḥ |
Dative | सीतायै sītāyai |
सीताभ्याम् sītābhyām |
सीताभ्यः sītābhyaḥ |
Ablative | सीतायाः / सीतायै² sītāyāḥ / sītāyai² |
सीताभ्याम् sītābhyām |
सीताभ्यः sītābhyaḥ |
Genitive | सीतायाः / सीतायै² sītāyāḥ / sītāyai² |
सीतयोः sītayoḥ |
सीतानाम् sītānām |
Locative | सीतायाम् sītāyām |
सीतयोः sītayoḥ |
सीतासु sītāsu |
Notes |
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Proper noun edit
सीता • (sītā) stem, f
- (Hinduism), Adoptive daughter of Janaka and Sunayanā, sister of Urmila, wife of Rāma, mother of Lava and Kusha.
Declension edit
Feminine ā-stem declension of सीता (sītā) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | सीता sītā |
सीते sīte |
सीताः sītāḥ |
Vocative | सीते sīte |
सीते sīte |
सीताः sītāḥ |
Accusative | सीताम् sītām |
सीते sīte |
सीताः sītāḥ |
Instrumental | सीतया / सीता¹ sītayā / sītā¹ |
सीताभ्याम् sītābhyām |
सीताभिः sītābhiḥ |
Dative | सीतायै sītāyai |
सीताभ्याम् sītābhyām |
सीताभ्यः sītābhyaḥ |
Ablative | सीतायाः / सीतायै² sītāyāḥ / sītāyai² |
सीताभ्याम् sītābhyām |
सीताभ्यः sītābhyaḥ |
Genitive | सीतायाः / सीतायै² sītāyāḥ / sītāyai² |
सीतयोः sītayoḥ |
सीतानाम् sītānām |
Locative | सीतायाम् sītāyām |
सीतयोः sītayoḥ |
सीतासु sītāsu |
Notes |
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Descendants edit
- → Bengali: সীতা (śita)
- → Burmese: သီတာ (sita)
- → Chinese: 悉多
- → Hindi: सीता (sītā)
- → Indonesian: Shinta
- → Khmer: សីតា (səytaa)
- → Malayalam: സീത (sīta)
- → Marathi: सीता (sītā)
- → Nepali: सीता (sītā)
- → Tamil: சீதை (cītai)
- → Thai: สีดา
References edit
- Apte, Macdonell (2022) “सीता”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]
- Monier Williams (1899) “सीता”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page {{{1}}}.