जित

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɪt̪/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sanskrit जित (jitá).

Adjective

जित • (jit)

1. conquered, subdued

Etymology 2

From Sanskrit यत्र (yatra).

Adverb

जित • (jit)

1. whither, whithersoever

   Synonym: जहाँ (jahā̃)

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• jita (Latin script)
• 𑀚𑀺𑀢 (Brahmi script)
• জিত (Bengali script)
• ජිත (Sinhalese script)
• ဇိတ or ၹိတ (Burmese script)
• ชิต or ชิตะ (Thai script)
• ᨩᩥᨲ (Tai Tham script)
• ຊິຕ or ຊິຕະ (Lao script)
• ជិត (Khmer script)
• 𑄎𑄨𑄖 (Chakma script)

Adjective

जित

1. Devanagari script form of jita, which is past participle of जेति (jeti, “to win”)

Declension

Declension table of "जित" (masculine)

Case / Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	जितो (jito)	जिता (jitā)
Accusative (second)	जितं (jitaṃ)	जिते (jite)
Instrumental (third)	जितेन (jitena)	जितेहि (jitehi) or जितेभि (jitebhi)
Dative (fourth)	जितस्स (jitassa) or जिताय (jitāya) or जितत्थं (jitatthaṃ)	जितानं (jitānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	जितस्मा (jitasmā) or जितम्हा (jitamhā) or जिता (jitā)	जितेहि (jitehi) or जितेभि (jitebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	जितस्स (jitassa)	जितानं (jitānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	जितस्मिं (jitasmiṃ) or जितम्हि (jitamhi) or जिते (jite)	जितेसु (jitesu)
Vocative (calling)	जित (jita)	जिता (jitā)

Declension table of "जिता" (feminine)

Case / Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	जिता (jitā)	जितायो (jitāyo) or जिता (jitā)
Accusative (second)	जितं (jitaṃ)	जितायो (jitāyo) or जिता (jitā)
Instrumental (third)	जिताय (jitāya)	जिताहि (jitāhi) or जिताभि (jitābhi)
Dative (fourth)	जिताय (jitāya)	जितानं (jitānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	जिताय (jitāya)	जिताहि (jitāhi) or जिताभि (jitābhi)
Genitive (sixth)	जिताय (jitāya)	जितानं (jitānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	जिताय (jitāya) or जितायं (jitāyaṃ)	जितासु (jitāsu)
Vocative (calling)	जिते (jite)	जितायो (jitāyo) or जिता (jitā)

Declension table of "जित" (neuter)

Case / Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	जितं (jitaṃ)	जितानि (jitāni)
Accusative (second)	जितं (jitaṃ)	जितानि (jitāni)
Instrumental (third)	जितेन (jitena)	जितेहि (jitehi) or जितेभि (jitebhi)
Dative (fourth)	जितस्स (jitassa) or जिताय (jitāya) or जितत्थं (jitatthaṃ)	जितानं (jitānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	जितस्मा (jitasmā) or जितम्हा (jitamhā) or जिता (jitā)	जितेहि (jitehi) or जितेभि (jitebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	जितस्स (jitassa)	जितानं (jitānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	जितस्मिं (jitasmiṃ) or जितम्हि (jitamhi) or जिते (jite)	जितेसु (jitesu)
Vocative (calling)	जित (jita)	जितानि (jitāni)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• জিত (Assamese script)
• ᬚᬶᬢ (Balinese script)
• জিত (Bengali script)
• 𑰕𑰰𑰝 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀚𑀺𑀢 (Brahmi script)
• ဇိတ (Burmese script)
• જિત (Gujarati script)
• ਜਿਤ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌜𑌿𑌤 (Grantha script)
• ꦗꦶꦠ (Javanese script)
• 𑂔𑂱𑂞 (Kaithi script)
• ಜಿತ (Kannada script)
• ជិត (Khmer script)
• ຊິຕ (Lao script)
• ജിത (Malayalam script)
• ᡯᡳᢠᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘕𑘱𑘝 (Modi script)
• ᠽᠢᢐᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦵𑧒𑦽 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐖𑐶𑐟 (Newa script)
• ଜିତ (Odia script)
• ꢙꢶꢡ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆘𑆴𑆠 (Sharada script)
• 𑖕𑖰𑖝 (Siddham script)
• ජිත (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩣𑩑𑩫 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚑𑚮𑚙 (Takri script)
• ஜித (Tamil script)
• జిత (Telugu script)
• ชิต (Thai script)
• ཛི་ཏ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒖𑒱𑒞 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨥𑨁𑨙 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From the root जि (ji, “to win, conquer”) +‎ -त (-ta).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑi.tɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑi.t̪ɐ/

Adjective

जि॒त • (jitá) stem (root जि)

1. won, conquered
2. acquired
3. subdued

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of जि॒त

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	जि॒तः (jitáḥ)	जि॒तौ (jitáu) जि॒ता¹ (jitā́¹)	जि॒ताः (jitā́ḥ) जि॒तासः॑¹ (jitā́saḥ¹)
accusative	जि॒तम् (jitám)	जि॒तौ (jitáu) जि॒ता¹ (jitā́¹)	जि॒तान् (jitā́n)
instrumental	जि॒तेन॑ (jiténa)	जि॒ताभ्या॑म् (jitā́bhyām)	जि॒तैः (jitáiḥ) जि॒तेभिः॑¹ (jitébhiḥ¹)
dative	जि॒ताय॑ (jitā́ya)	जि॒ताभ्या॑म् (jitā́bhyām)	जि॒तेभ्यः॑ (jitébhyaḥ)
ablative	जि॒तात् (jitā́t)	जि॒ताभ्या॑म् (jitā́bhyām)	जि॒तेभ्यः॑ (jitébhyaḥ)
genitive	जि॒तस्य॑ (jitásya)	जि॒तयोः॑ (jitáyoḥ)	जि॒ताना॑म् (jitā́nām)
locative	जि॒ते (jité)	जि॒तयोः॑ (jitáyoḥ)	जि॒तेषु॑ (jitéṣu)
vocative	जित॑ (jíta)	जितौ॑ (jítau) जिता॑¹ (jítā¹)	जिताः॑ (jítāḥ) जिता॑सः¹ (jítāsaḥ¹)

• ¹Vedic

Feminine ā-stem declension of जि॒ता

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	जि॒ता (jitā́)	जि॒ते (jité)	जि॒ताः (jitā́ḥ)
accusative	जि॒ताम् (jitā́m)	जि॒ते (jité)	जि॒ताः (jitā́ḥ)
instrumental	जि॒तया॑ (jitáyā) जि॒ता¹ (jitā́¹)	जि॒ताभ्या॑म् (jitā́bhyām)	जि॒ताभिः॑ (jitā́bhiḥ)
dative	जि॒तायै॑ (jitā́yai)	जि॒ताभ्या॑म् (jitā́bhyām)	जि॒ताभ्यः॑ (jitā́bhyaḥ)
ablative	जि॒तायाः॑ (jitā́yāḥ) जि॒तायै॑² (jitā́yai²)	जि॒ताभ्या॑म् (jitā́bhyām)	जि॒ताभ्यः॑ (jitā́bhyaḥ)
genitive	जि॒तायाः॑ (jitā́yāḥ) जि॒तायै॑² (jitā́yai²)	जि॒तयोः॑ (jitáyoḥ)	जि॒ताना॑म् (jitā́nām)
locative	जि॒ताया॑म् (jitā́yām)	जि॒तयोः॑ (jitáyoḥ)	जि॒तासु॑ (jitā́su)
vocative	जिते॑ (jíte)	जिते॑ (jíte)	जिताः॑ (jítāḥ)

• ¹Vedic
• ²Brāhmaṇas

Neuter a-stem declension of जि॒त

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	जि॒तम् (jitám)	जि॒ते (jité)	जि॒तानि॑ (jitā́ni) जि॒ता¹ (jitā́¹)
accusative	जि॒तम् (jitám)	जि॒ते (jité)	जि॒तानि॑ (jitā́ni) जि॒ता¹ (jitā́¹)
instrumental	जि॒तेन॑ (jiténa)	जि॒ताभ्या॑म् (jitā́bhyām)	जि॒तैः (jitáiḥ) जि॒तेभिः॑¹ (jitébhiḥ¹)
dative	जि॒ताय॑ (jitā́ya)	जि॒ताभ्या॑म् (jitā́bhyām)	जि॒तेभ्यः॑ (jitébhyaḥ)
ablative	जि॒तात् (jitā́t)	जि॒ताभ्या॑म् (jitā́bhyām)	जि॒तेभ्यः॑ (jitébhyaḥ)
genitive	जि॒तस्य॑ (jitásya)	जि॒तयोः॑ (jitáyoḥ)	जि॒ताना॑म् (jitā́nām)
locative	जि॒ते (jité)	जि॒तयोः॑ (jitáyoḥ)	जि॒तेषु॑ (jitéṣu)
vocative	जित॑ (jíta)	जिते॑ (jíte)	जिता॑नि (jítāni) जिता॑¹ (jítā¹)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

• → Hindi: जित (jit)
  • Hindi: जीत (jīt)
• Urdu: جیت (jīt)
• Bengali: জিৎ (jit)
• Punjabi: ਜਿੱਤ (jitta)
  • Punjabi: جِتّ (jitt)
• Pali: jita

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899), “जित”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 420, column 3.