चित्
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Sanskrit[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- चेत् (cet)
Alternative scripts[edit]
Alternative scripts
- চিত্ (Assamese script)
- ᬘᬶᬢ᭄ (Balinese script)
- চিত্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰓𑰰𑰝𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀘𑀺𑀢𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- စိတ် (Burmese script)
- ચિત્ (Gujarati script)
- ਚਿਤ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌚𑌿𑌤𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦕꦶꦠ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂒𑂱𑂞𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಚಿತ್ (Kannada script)
- ចិត៑ (Khmer script)
- ຈິຕ຺ (Lao script)
- ചിത് (Malayalam script)
- ᢜᡳᢠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘓𑘱𑘝𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᢋᠢᢐ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦳𑧒𑦽𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐔𑐶𑐟𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଚିତ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢗꢶꢡ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆖𑆴𑆠𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖓𑖰𑖝𑖿 (Siddham script)
- චිත් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩡𑩑𑩫 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚏𑚮𑚙𑚶 (Takri script)
- சித் (Tamil script)
- చిత్ (Telugu script)
- จิตฺ (Thai script)
- ཙི་ཏ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒔𑒱𑒞𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨣𑨁𑨙𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Indo-European *kʷeyt- (“to perceive, observe”), t-extension of *kʷey-.
Pronunciation[edit]
Root[edit]
चित् • (cit)
- to perceive, fix the mind upon, attend to, be attentive
- to observe, take notice of,
- to aim at, intend, design
- to be anxious about, care for
- to resolve
- to understand, comprehend, know
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- Monier Williams (1899) “चित्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0395.
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “चित्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
- William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 047
- Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “चित्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 541; 547-548
- Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 327
- Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 382
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 0636, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 0636