चिंता

See also: चिन्ता and चीता

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit चिन्ता (cintā). Compare Gujarati ચિંતા (cintā), Marathi चिंता (cintā), Bengali চিন্তা (cinta).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɪn.t̪ɑː/, [t͡ʃɪ̃n̪.t̪äː]

Noun

चिंता • (cintā) f (Urdu spelling چِنْتا)

1. anxiety, concern, worry

   चिंता करना ― cintā karnā ― to worry

   Synonym: फ़िक्र (fikra)

   • 2021, “हमारे साथ श्री रघुनाथ [hamāre sāth śrī raghunāth]”:

     हमारे साथ श्री रघुनाथ तो किस बात की चिंता ।
     शरण में रख दिया जब माथ तो किस बात की चिंता ।

     hamāre sāth śrī raghunāth to kis bāt kī cintā .
     śaraṇ mẽ rakh diyā jab māth to kis bāt kī cintā .

     When Lord Rama is with us, what do we have to worry about?
     When we have put our forehead in his refuge, what do we have to worry about?

Declension

Declension of चिंता (fem ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	चिंता cintā	चिंताएँ cintāẽ
oblique	चिंता cintā	चिंताओं cintāõ
vocative	चिंता cintā	चिंताओ cintāo

References

• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “चिंता”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons, page 193.

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit चिन्ता (cintā). Compare Gujarati ચિંતા (cintā), Hindi चिंता (cintā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ɕin.t̪a/

Noun

चिंता • (cintā) f

1. concern, worry
2. care

   Synonyms: काळजी (kāḷjī), फिकीर (phikīr)

Declension

Declension of चिंता (fem ā-stem)
direct singular	चिंता cintā
direct plural	चिंता chintā
	singular एकवचन		plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	चिंता cintā		चिंता chintā
oblique सामान्यरूप	चिंते chinte		चिंतां- chintān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	चिंतेला chintelā		चिंतांना chintānnā
ergative	चिंतेने, चिंतेनं chintene, chintena		चिंतांनी chintānnī
instrumental	चिंतेशी chinteśī		चिंतांशी chintānśī
locative सप्तमी	चिंतेत chintet		चिंतांत chintāt
vocative संबोधन	चिंते chinte		चिंतांनो chintānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of चिंता (fem ā-stem)
	masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म		feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म		neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म		oblique सामान्यरूप
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular* एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता	चिंतेचा chinteċā	चिंतेचे chinteċe	चिंतेची chintecī	चिंतेच्या chintecā	चिंतेचे, चिंतेचं chinteċe, chinteċa	चिंतेची chintecī	चिंतेच्या chintecā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	चिंतांचा chintānċā	चिंतांचे chintānċe	चिंतांची chintāñcī	चिंतांच्या chintāncā	चिंतांचे, चिंतांचं chintānċe, chintānċa	चिंतांची chintāñcī	चिंतांच्या chintāñcā
* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

Derived terms

• चिंताग्रस्त (cintāgrasta)
• चिंताजनक (cintājnak)
• चिंतातूर (cintātūr)
• चिंतामणी (cintāmṇī)

 

References

• Berntsen, Maxine, “चिंता”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.