Sita

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sita"

English

Sita with Rāma during the coronation.

Alternative forms

Seeta, Seetha

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit सीता (sītā, “furrow”).

Proper noun

Sita

1. (Hinduism) A goddess, the consort of Rāma.
2. A female given name from Sanskrit mainly used in India.
   • 2000, Zadie Smith, White Teeth, London: Hamish Hamilton, →ISBN, pages 282–283:

     It is only this late in the day, and possibly only in Willesden, that you can find best friends Sita and Sharon, constantly mistaken for each other because Sita is white (her mother liked the name) and Sharon is Pakistani (her mother thought it best — less trouble).

Translations

avatar of Lakshmi

• Assamese: সীতা (xita)
• Bengali: সীতা (bn) (śita)
• Burmese: မယ်သီတာ (maisita), သီတာ (sita), သီတာဒေဝီ (sitadewi)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 悉多 (xīduō)

• Gujarati: સીતા (gu) f (sītā)
• Hindi: सीता (hi) f (sītā)
• Kannada: ಸೀತೆ (kn) (sīte)
• Malayalam: സീത (ml) (sīta)
• Manipuri: ꯁꯤꯇꯥ (sitā)
• Marathi: सीता f (sītā)
• Nepali: सीता (sītā)
• Oriya: ସୀତା (or) (sita)
• Sanskrit: सीता (sa) f (sītā)
• Sinhalese: සීතා (sītā)
• Tamil: சீதை (ta) (cītai)
• Telugu: సీత (te) (sīta)
• Thai: นางสีดา, สีดา (th)
• Tulu: ಸೀತೆ (sīte)

References

1. Puranic Encyclopedia: a comprehensive dictionary with special reference to the epic and Puranic literature, Vettam Mani, Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi, 1975, p. 720.

Anagrams

• -ista, Asti, IAST, IATs, Sati, Stai, TIAS, TIAs, Tais, Tisa, Tsai, aits, itas, sati, tais

Cebuano

Etymology

Short for Teresita.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: si‧ta

Noun

Sita

1. a nickname for Rosita, Teresita, etc.