चित्त

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit चित्त (citta).

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɪt̪t̪/, [t͡ʃɪt̪(ː)]

Noun

चित्त • (citt) m (Urdu spelling چت)

mind
heart

Declension

Declension of चित्त (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	चित्त citt	चित्त citt
oblique	चित्त citt	चित्तों cittõ
vocative	चित्त citt	चित्तो citto

Synonyms

(mind): मन (man), जी (jī)
(heart): दिल (dil), हृदय (hŕday)

References

Bahri, Hardev (1989) “चित्त”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “चित्त”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
Platts, John T. (1884) “चित्त”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “चित्त”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Nepali

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [t͡sit̪̚t̪ʌ]
Phonetic Devanagari: चित्त

Noun

चित्त • (citta)

References

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

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

citta (Latin script)
𑀘𑀺𑀢𑁆𑀢 (Brahmi script)
চিত্ত (Bengali script)
චිත‍්ත (Sinhalese script)
စိတ္တ or ၸိတ္တ or ၸိတ်တ (Burmese script)
จิตฺต or จิตตะ (Thai script)
ᨧᩥᨲ᩠ᨲ (Tai Tham script)
ຈິຕ຺ຕ or ຈິຕຕະ (Lao script)
ចិត្ត (Khmer script)
𑄌𑄨𑄖𑄴𑄖 (Chakma script)

Etymology

From Sanskrit चित्त (citta).

Noun

चित्त n

Devanagari script form of citta

Declension

Declension table of "चित्त" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	चित्तं (cittaṃ)	चित्तानि (cittāni)
Accusative (second)	चित्तं (cittaṃ)	चित्तानि (cittāni)
Instrumental (third)	चित्तेन (cittena)	चित्तेहि (cittehi) or चित्तेभि (cittebhi)
Dative (fourth)	चित्तस्स (cittassa) or चित्ताय (cittāya) or चित्तत्थं (cittatthaṃ)	चित्तानं (cittānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	चित्तस्मा (cittasmā) or चित्तम्हा (cittamhā) or चित्ता (cittā)	चित्तेहि (cittehi) or चित्तेभि (cittebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	चित्तस्स (cittassa)	चित्तानं (cittānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	चित्तस्मिं (cittasmiṃ) or चित्तम्हि (cittamhi) or चित्ते (citte)	चित्तेसु (cittesu)
Vocative (calling)	चित्त (citta)	चित्तानि (cittāni)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

চিত্ত (Assamese script)
ᬘᬶᬢ᭄ᬢ (Balinese script)
চিত্ত (Bengali script)
𑰓𑰰𑰝𑰿𑰝 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀘𑀺𑀢𑁆𑀢 (Brahmi script)
စိတ္တ (Burmese script)
ચિત્ત (Gujarati script)
ਚਿਤ੍ਤ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌚𑌿𑌤𑍍𑌤 (Grantha script)
ꦕꦶꦠ꧀ꦠ (Javanese script)
𑂒𑂱𑂞𑂹𑂞 (Kaithi script)
ಚಿತ್ತ (Kannada script)
ចិត្ត (Khmer script)
ຈິຕ຺ຕ (Lao script)
ചിത്ത (Malayalam script)
ᢜᡳᢠᢠᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘓𑘱𑘝𑘿𑘝 (Modi script)
ᢋᠢᢐᢐᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑦳𑧒𑦽𑧠𑦽 (Nandinagari script)
𑐔𑐶𑐟𑑂𑐟 (Newa script)
ଚିତ୍ତ (Odia script)
ꢗꢶꢡ꣄ꢡ (Saurashtra script)
𑆖𑆴𑆠𑇀𑆠 (Sharada script)
𑖓𑖰𑖝𑖿𑖝 (Siddham script)
චිත‍්ත (Sinhalese script)
𑩡𑩑𑩫 𑪙𑩫 (Soyombo script)
𑚏𑚮𑚙𑚶𑚙 (Takri script)
சித்த (Tamil script)
చిత్త (Telugu script)
จิตฺต (Thai script)
ཙི་ཏྟ (Tibetan script)
𑒔𑒱𑒞𑓂𑒞 (Tirhuta script)
𑨣𑨁𑨙𑩇𑨙 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeyt- (“to notice”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕit.tɐ́/, [t͡ɕit̚.tɐ́]
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ɕit̪.t̪ɐ/, [ˈt͡ɕit̪̚.t̪ɐ]
Hyphenation: चित्‧त

Noun

चित्त • (cittá) stem, n

Descendants

Terms inherited from चित्त (citta)

Dardic:
- Kalasha: čit
- Kashmiri: ژێتھ (ċeth)
- Khowar: چیت (čīt)
- → Proto-Nuristani:
  - Kamkata-viri: čit
  - Prasuni: čīt
  - Waigali: čīt
Pali: citta
- → Burmese: စိတ် (cit)
- → Malay: cita, cipta
  - → Indonesian: cita, cipta
- → Khmer: ចិត្ត (cət)
Prakrit: 𑀘𑀺𑀢𑁆𑀢 (citta)
- Central:
  - Ardhamagadhi Prakrit:
    - Old Awadhi: चीत (cīta)
      - ⇒ Old Awadhi: चितवइ (citavaï)
  - Sauraseni Prakrit:
    - Hindustani: cīt, cītnā
      - Hindi: चीत, चितना, चिताना (citānā)
      - Urdu: چِیت (cīt), چِیتنَا (cītnā), چِتَانَا (citānā)
- Eastern:
  - Magadhi Prakrit:
    - Assamese: চিত (sit)
    - Bengali: চিৎ (cit)
      - ⇒ Bengali: চেতান (cetan)
    - Bihari:
      - Maithili: चित (cit)
- Northern:
  - Khasa Prakrit:
    - Central Pahari:
      - Kumaoni: चित (cit)
    - Eastern Pahari:
      - ⇒ Nepali: चिताउनु (citāunu)
- Northwestern:
  - Paisaci Prakrit:
    - Takka Apabhramsa:
      - Punjabi: cití
        Gurmukhi script: ਚਿਤਿ
        
        Shahmukhi script: چِتِ
    - Vracada Apabhramsa:
      - Sindhi: citu
        Arabic script: چِتُ
        
        Devanagari script: चितु
        
        ⇒ Sindhi: citavaṇu
        Arabic script: چِتَوَڻُ
        
        Devanagari script: चितवणु
- Southern:
  - Helu Prakrit:
    - Dhivehi: ހިތް (hit̊)
    - Sinhalese: සිත (sita), හිත (hita)
- Western:
  - Sauraseni Prakrit:
    - Gujarati: ચિત (cit), ચિતડું (citḍũ)
      - ⇒ Gujarati: ચિતવું (citvũ)
    - Old Marwari: चित (cit)

Terms borrowed from चित्त (citta)

→ Punjabi: ਚਿੱਤ (citta)
→ Hindi: चित्त (citt)
→ Nepali: चित्त (citta)
→ Telugu: చిత్తము (cittamu)

References

Monier Williams (1899) “चित्त”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 395.