किट

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• কিট (Assamese script)
• ᬓᬶᬝ (Balinese script)
• কিট (Bengali script)
• 𑰎𑰰𑰘 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀓𑀺𑀝 (Brahmi script)
• ကိဋ (Burmese script)
• કિટ (Gujarati script)
• ਕਿਟ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌕𑌿𑌟 (Grantha script)
• ꦏꦶꦛ (Javanese script)
• 𑂍𑂱𑂗 (Kaithi script)
• ಕಿಟ (Kannada script)
• កិដ (Khmer script)
• ກິຏ (Lao script)
• കിട (Malayalam script)
• ᡬᡳᢞᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘎𑘱𑘘 (Modi script)
• ᢉᠢᢌᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦮𑧒𑦸 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐎𑐶𑐚 (Newa script)
• କିଟ (Odia script)
• ꢒꢶꢜ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆑𑆴𑆛 (Sharada script)
• 𑖎𑖰𑖘 (Siddham script)
• කිට (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩜𑩑𑩦 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚊𑚮𑚔 (Takri script)
• கிட (Tamil script)
• కిట (Telugu script)
• กิฏ (Thai script)
• ཀི་ཊ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒏𑒱𑒙 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨋𑨁𑨔 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

According to Kuiper, a Munda borrowing that also gave rise to मर्कट (markaṭa, “monkey”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ki.ʈɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈki.ʈɐ/

Noun

किट • (kiṭa) stem, m

1. a kind of ape

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of किट (kiṭa)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	किटः kiṭaḥ	किटौ / किटा¹ kiṭau / kiṭā¹	किटाः / किटासः¹ kiṭāḥ / kiṭāsaḥ¹
Vocative	किट kiṭa	किटौ / किटा¹ kiṭau / kiṭā¹	किटाः / किटासः¹ kiṭāḥ / kiṭāsaḥ¹
Accusative	किटम् kiṭam	किटौ / किटा¹ kiṭau / kiṭā¹	किटान् kiṭān
Instrumental	किटेन kiṭena	किटाभ्याम् kiṭābhyām	किटैः / किटेभिः¹ kiṭaiḥ / kiṭebhiḥ¹
Dative	किटाय kiṭāya	किटाभ्याम् kiṭābhyām	किटेभ्यः kiṭebhyaḥ
Ablative	किटात् kiṭāt	किटाभ्याम् kiṭābhyām	किटेभ्यः kiṭebhyaḥ
Genitive	किटस्य kiṭasya	किटयोः kiṭayoḥ	किटानाम् kiṭānām
Locative	किटे kiṭe	किटयोः kiṭayoḥ	किटेषु kiṭeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “किट”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 282.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 592-593