चैत्र

See also: चतुर, चतुर्, चूतर, and चित्र

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit चैत्र (caitra).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɛːt̪.ɾᵊ/

Proper noun

चैत्र • (caitra) m

1. Chaitra (first month of the Hindu lunar calendar)

Declension

Declension of चैत्र (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	चैत्र caitra	चैत्र caitra
oblique	चैत्र caitra	चैत्रों caitrõ
vocative	चैत्र caitra	चैत्रो caitro

Related terms

lunar monthsedit

• अगहन (aghan) ~ अग्रहायण (agrahāyaṇ), मगसिर (magsir) ~ मार्गशीर्ष (mārgaśīrṣ)
• आसाढ़ (āsāṛh) ~ आषाढ़ (āṣāṛh)
• आसिन (āsin) ~ आश्विन (āśvin)
• कातिक (kātik) ~ कार्तिक (kārtik)
• चैत (cait) ~ चैत्र (caitra)
• जेठ (jeṭh) ~ ज्येष्ठ (jyeṣṭh)
• पोस (pos) ~ पौष (pauṣ)
• फागुन (phāgun) ~ फाल्गुन (phālgun)
• बैसाख (baisākh) ~ वैशाख (vaiśākh)
• भादों (bhādõ) ~ भाद्र (bhādra)
• माह (māh) ~ माघ (māgh)
• सावन (sāvan) ~ श्रावण (śrāvaṇ)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “चैत्र”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 323, 330.

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit चैत्र (caitra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ɕəit̪.ɾə/

Proper noun

चैत्र • (caitra) m

1. first month of Marathi calendar, Saka calendar, and Indian National Calendar.

Nepali

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit चैत्र (caitra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡sʌi̯t̪rʌ]
• Phonetic Devanagari: चैत्र

Proper noun

चैत्र • (caitra)

1. Chaitra
   1. the twelfth month in the Vikram Samvat calendar
   2. the first month in the lunar Hindu calendar

   Synonym: चैत (cait)

Related terms

• (lunar months) वैशाख (vaiśākh), ज्येष्ठ (jyeṣṭha) / जेठ (jeṭh), आषाढ (āṣāḍh), साउन (sāuna), भदौ (bhadau) / भाद्र (bhādra), असोज (asoj) / आश्विन (āśvina), कात्तिक (kāttik) / कार्त्तिक (kārttik), मङ्सिर (maṅsira) / मार्ग (mārga), पुस (pus) / पौष (pauṣ), माघ (māgh), फागुन (phāguna) / फाल्गुन (phālguna), चैत (cait) / चैत्र (caitra) ^{(Category: ne:Hindu lunar calendar months)}

Further reading

• “चैत्र”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary]‎^[1], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
• Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993), “चैत्र”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• চৈত্ৰ (Assamese script)
• ᬘᬿᬢ᭄ᬭ (Balinese script)
• চৈত্র (Bengali script)
• 𑰓𑰹𑰝𑰿𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀘𑁃𑀢𑁆𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• စဲတြ (Burmese script)
• ચૈત્ર (Gujarati script)
• ਚੈਤ੍ਰ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌚𑍈𑌤𑍍𑌰 (Grantha script)
• ꦕꦻꦠꦿ (Javanese script)
• 𑂒𑂶𑂞𑂹𑂩 (Kaithi script)
• ಚೈತ್ರ (Kannada script)
• ចៃត្រ (Khmer script)
• ໄຈຕ຺ຣ (Lao script)
• ചൈത്ര (Malayalam script)
• ᢜᠠᡳᢠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘓𑘺𑘝𑘿𑘨 (Modi script)
• ᢋᠧᠧᢐᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦳𑧛𑦽𑧠𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐔𑐿𑐟𑑂𑐬 (Newa script)
• ଚୈତ୍ର (Odia script)
• ꢗꣀꢡ꣄ꢬ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆖𑆽𑆠𑇀𑆫 (Sharada script)
• 𑖓𑖹𑖝𑖿𑖨 (Siddham script)
• චෛත්‍ර (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩡𑩗𑩫 𑪙𑩼 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚏𑚳𑚙𑚶𑚤 (Takri script)
• சைத்ர (Tamil script)
• చైత్ర (Telugu script)
• ไจตฺร (Thai script)
• ཙཻ་ཏྲ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒔𑒻𑒞𑓂𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨣𑨇𑨙𑩇𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Vṛddhi derivative of चित्रा (citrā).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕɑːjt.ɾɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕɑjt̪.ɾɐ/

Proper noun

चैत्र • (caitra) stem, m

1. (Hinduism) First month of the Hindu lunar calendar

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of चैत्र

	singular
nominative	चैत्रः (caitraḥ)
accusative	चैत्रम् (caitram)
instrumental	चैत्रेण (caitreṇa)
dative	चैत्राय (caitrāya)
ablative	चैत्रात् (caitrāt)
genitive	चैत्रस्य (caitrasya)
locative	चैत्रे (caitre)
vocative	चैत्र (caitra)

Related terms

lunar monthsedit

• अश्विन् (aśvin), आश्विन (āśvina)
• आषाढ (āṣāḍha)
• कार्त्तिक (kārttika)
• चैत्र (caitra)
• ज्येष्ठ (jyeṣṭha), ज्यैष्ठ (jyaiṣṭha)
• पौष (pauṣa)
• फाल्गुन (phālguna)
• भाद्र (bhādra)
• माघ (māgha)
• मार्गशीर्ष (mārgaśīrṣa), अग्रहायण (agrahāyaṇa)
• वैशाख (vaiśākha)
• श्रावण (śrāvaṇa)