कीट

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Hindi

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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कीट (kīṭm (Urdu spelling کیٹ)

  1. insect
    Synonym: कीड़ा (kīṛā)
Declension
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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कीट (kīṭm (Urdu spelling کیٹ)

  1. sediment, dregs

References

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Sanskrit

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Alternative scripts

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Etymology

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    Uncertain. According to Mayrhofer, probably borrowed from a substrate language.[1] Perhaps from original *kīr-tá- and thus somehow related to कृमि॑ (kṛ́mi, worm).

    Unrelated to Ancient Greek κίς (kís, weevil).

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    की॒ट (kīṭá) stemm

    1. a worm, insect
      Synonym: कृमि॑ (kṛ́mi, worm)

    Declension

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    Masculine a-stem declension of कीट (kīṭá)
    Singular Dual Plural
    Nominative कीटः
    kīṭáḥ
    कीटौ / कीटा¹
    kīṭaú / kīṭā́¹
    कीटाः / कीटासः¹
    kīṭā́ḥ / kīṭā́saḥ¹
    Vocative कीट
    kī́ṭa
    कीटौ / कीटा¹
    kī́ṭau / kī́ṭā¹
    कीटाः / कीटासः¹
    kī́ṭāḥ / kī́ṭāsaḥ¹
    Accusative कीटम्
    kīṭám
    कीटौ / कीटा¹
    kīṭaú / kīṭā́¹
    कीटान्
    kīṭā́n
    Instrumental कीटेन
    kīṭéna
    कीटाभ्याम्
    kīṭā́bhyām
    कीटैः / कीटेभिः¹
    kīṭaíḥ / kīṭébhiḥ¹
    Dative कीटाय
    kīṭā́ya
    कीटाभ्याम्
    kīṭā́bhyām
    कीटेभ्यः
    kīṭébhyaḥ
    Ablative कीटात्
    kīṭā́t
    कीटाभ्याम्
    kīṭā́bhyām
    कीटेभ्यः
    kīṭébhyaḥ
    Genitive कीटस्य
    kīṭásya
    कीटयोः
    kīṭáyoḥ
    कीटानाम्
    kīṭā́nām
    Locative कीटे
    kīṭé
    कीटयोः
    kīṭáyoḥ
    कीटेषु
    kīṭéṣu
    Notes
    • ¹Vedic

    Descendants

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    • Pali: kīṭa
    • Prakrit: 𑀓𑀻𑀟 (kīḍa) (see there for further descendants)
    Borrowed terms

    References

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    1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992–2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen[1] (in German), Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 355

    Further reading

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    • कीट” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 122, column 1.
    • Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “कीट”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 068
    • Monier Williams (1899) “कीट”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 284, column 3.