चैत्र

See also: चतुर, चतुर्, चूतर, and चित्र

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit चैत्र (caitra), from चित्रा (citrā, “bright one”), from चित्र (citra, “bright”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɛːt̪.ɾᵊ/

Proper noun

चैत्र • (caitra) m

1. Chaitra (first month of the Hindu lunar calendar)

Declension

Declension of चैत्र (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	चैत्र caitra	चैत्र caitra
oblique	चैत्र caitra	चैत्रों caitrõ
vocative	चैत्र caitra	चैत्रो caitro

Related terms

• (lunar months) चैत्र (caitra), वैशाख (vaiśākh), ज्येष्ठ (jyeṣṭh), आषाढ़ (āṣāṛh) / असाढ़ (asāṛh), श्रावण (śrāvaṇ), भाद्र (bhādra), आश्विन (āśvin), कार्तिक (kārtik), मार्गशीर्ष (mārgaśīrṣ) / अग्रहायण (agrahāyaṇ), पौष (pauṣ), माघ (māgh), फाल्गुन (phālgun) ^{(Category: hi:Hindu lunar calendar months)}

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “चैत्र”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 323, 330.

Marathi

Proper noun

चैत्र • (caitra)

1. first month of Marathi calendar, Saka calendar, and Indian National Calendar.

Nepali

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit चैत्र (caitra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡sʌi̯t̪rʌ]
• Phonetic Devanagari: चैत्र

Proper noun

चैत्र • (caitra)

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

   Synonym: चैत (cait)

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

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

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• চৈত্ৰ (Assamese script)
• ᬘᬿᬢ᭄ᬭ (Balinese script)
• চৈত্র (Bengali script)
• 𑰓𑰹𑰝𑰿𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀘𑁃𑀢𑁆𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• စဲတြ (Burmese script)
• ચૈત્ર (Gujarati script)
• ਚੈਤ੍ਰ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌚𑍈𑌤𑍍𑌰 (Grantha script)
• ꦕꦻꦠꦿ (Javanese script)
• 𑂒𑂶𑂞𑂹𑂩 (Kaithi script)
• ಚೈತ್ರ (Kannada script)
• ចៃត្រ (Khmer script)
• ໄຈຕ຺ຣ (Lao script)
• ചൈത്ര (Malayalam script)
• ᢜᠠᡳᢠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘓𑘺𑘝𑘿𑘨 (Modi script)
• ᢋᠧᠧᢐᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦳𑧛𑦽𑧠𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐔𑐿𑐟𑑂𑐬 (Newa script)
• ଚୈତ୍ର (Odia script)
• ꢗꣀꢡ꣄ꢬ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆖𑆽𑆠𑇀𑆫 (Sharada script)
• 𑖓𑖹𑖝𑖿𑖨 (Siddham script)
• චෛත්‍ර (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩡𑩗𑩫 𑪙𑩼 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚏𑚳𑚙𑚶𑚤 (Takri script)
• சைத்ர (Tamil script)
• చైత్ర (Telugu script)
• ไจตฺร (Thai script)
• ཙཻ་ཏྲ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒔𑒻𑒞𑓂𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨣𑨇𑨙𑩇𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Vṛddhi derivative of चित्रा (citrā)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕɑːjt.ɾɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ɕɑjt̪.ɾɐ/

Proper noun

चैत्र • (caitra) stem, m

1. (Hinduism) First month of the Hindu lunar calendar

Related terms

• (lunar months) चैत्र (caitra), वैशाख (vaiśākha), ज्येष्ठ (jyeṣṭha), आषाढ (āṣāḍha), श्रावण (śrāvaṇa), भाद्र (bhādra), अश्विन् (aśvin), कार्तिक (kārtika), मार्गशीर्ष (mārgaśīrṣa) / अग्रहायण (agrahāyaṇa), पौष (pauṣa), माघ (māgha), फाल्गुन (phālguna) ^{(Category: sa:Lunar months)}