गीत

See also: गति, गीता, and गते

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit गीत (gītá).

Noun

गीत • (gīt) m (Urdu spelling گیت‎)

1. song

   Synonym: गाना (gānā)

Declension

Declension of गीत (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	गीत gīt	गीत gīt
oblique	गीत gīt	गीतों gītõ
vocative	गीत gīt	गीतो gīto

Synonyms

• गीता (gītā)

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• gīta (Latin script)
• 𑀕𑀻𑀢 (Brahmi script)
• গীত (Bengali script)
• ගීත (Sinhalese script)
• ဂီတ or ဂဳတ or ၷီတ (Burmese script)
• คีต or คีตะ (Thai script)
• ᨣᩦᨲ (Tai Tham script)
• ຄີຕ or ຄີຕະ (Lao script)
• គីត (Khmer script)

Noun

गीत n

1. Devanagari script form of gīta (“song”)

Declension

Declension table of "गीत" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	गीतं (gītaṃ)	गीतानि (gītāni)
Accusative (second)	गीतं (gītaṃ)	गीतानि (gītāni)
Instrumental (third)	गीतेन (gītena)	गीतेहि (gītehi) or गीतेभि (gītebhi)
Dative (fourth)	गीतस्स (gītassa) or गीताय (gītāya) or गीतत्थं (gītatthaṃ)	गीतानं (gītānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	गीतस्मा (gītasmā) or गीतम्हा (gītamhā) or गीता (gītā)	गीतेहि (gītehi) or गीतेभि (gītebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	गीतस्स (gītassa)	गीतानं (gītānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	गीतस्मिं (gītasmiṃ) or गीतम्हि (gītamhi) or गीते (gīte)	गीतेसु (gītesu)
Vocative (calling)	गीत (gīta)	गीतानि (gītāni)

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Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *giHtás, Proto-Indo-European *g⁽ʷ⁾iH-tós, from *geH- (“to sing, cry”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɡiː.tɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡiː.t̪ɐ/

Noun

गीत • (gīta) m

1. song

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of गीत (gīta)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	गीतः gītaḥ	गीतौ gītau	गीताः / गीतासः¹ gītāḥ / gītāsaḥ¹
Vocative	गीत gīta	गीतौ gītau	गीताः / गीतासः¹ gītāḥ / gītāsaḥ¹
Accusative	गीतम् gītam	गीतौ gītau	गीतान् gītān
Instrumental	गीतेन gītena	गीताभ्याम् gītābhyām	गीतैः / गीतेभिः¹ gītaiḥ / gītebhiḥ¹
Dative	गीताय gītāya	गीताभ्याम् gītābhyām	गीतेभ्यः gītebhyaḥ
Ablative	गीतात् gītāt	गीताभ्याम् gītābhyām	गीतेभ्यः gītebhyaḥ
Genitive	गीतस्य gītasya	गीतयोः gītayoḥ	गीतानाम् gītānām
Locative	गीते gīte	गीतयोः gītayoḥ	गीतेषु gīteṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Derived terms

• संगीत (saṃgīta)

Descendants

• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: गीत (gīt), गीता (gītā)

  Urdu: گیت‎‎, گیتا‎

• → Malayalam: ഗീതം (gītaṃ)
• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀕𑀻𑀅 (gīa)
• Pali: gīta
  • → Burmese: ဂီတ (gita.)
  • → Thai: คีต (kîit), คีตะ (kii-dtà)
• Punjabi: ਗੀਤ (gīt)
• → Tamil: கீதம் (kītam)