चिंता

See also: चूत and चीता

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit चिन्ता (cintā), from the root verb चित् (cit, “to think, consider, reflect upon”). Cognate with Gujarati ચિંતા (cintā), Marathi चिंता (cintā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃɪ̃n̪t̪a(ː)]

Noun

चिंता • (cintā) f (Urdu spelling چنتا‎)

1. anxiety, concern, worry

   सारी रात चिंता से अँगारों पर लोटता रहा।

   sārī rāt cintā se aṅgārõ par loṭtā rahā.

   My anxiety kept me restless the entire night.

   नया पुस्तक की चिंता न करें।

   nayā pustak kī cintā na karẽ.

   Don't worry about the new book.

   हम गुण की चिंता करते हैं परिणाम की नहीं।

   ham guṇ kī cintā karte ha͠i pariṇām kī nahī̃.

   We worry about character, not results. (More loosely: we focus on the person, not the task.)

Declension

Declension of चिंता (fem ā-stem)

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

Synonyms

• फ़िक्र (fikr)

References

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

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit चिन्ता (cintā), from the root verb चित् (cit, “to think, consider, reflect upon”). Cognate with 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 (cintā)
direct singular	चिंता cintā
direct plural	चिंता chintā
	singular		plural
nominative	चिंता cintā		चिंता chintā
oblique	चिंते- chinte-		चिंतां- chintāN-
dative	चिंतेला chintelā		चिंतांना chintāNnā
ergative	चिंतेने chintene		चिंतांनी chintāNni
instrumental	चिंतेशी chinteśi		चिंतांशी chintāNśi
locative	चिंतेत chintet		चिंतांत chintāNt
vocative	चिंते chinte		चिंतांनो chintāNno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Dative Note: -स (-sa) is archaic. -ते (-te) is limited to literary usage. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of चिंता
	masculine object		feminine object		neuter object		oblique
	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular*	plural
singular subject	चिंतेचा chinteċā	चिंतेचे chintece	चिंतेची chinteci	चिंतेच्या chinteca	चिंतेचे, चिंतेचं chintece, chinteċa	चिंतेची chinteci	चिंतेच्या chinteca
plural subject	चिंतांचा chintāNċā	चिंतांचे chintāNce	चिंतांची chintāNci	चिंतांच्या chintāNca	चिंतांचे, चिंतांचं chintāNce, chintāNċa	चिंतांची chintāNci	चिंतांच्या chintāNca
* 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.