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Latest revision as of 07:41, 30 April 2024
See also: Appendix:Variations of "sita"
English
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Rama-Sita_coronation.jpg/220px-Rama-Sita_coronation.jpg)
Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Sanskrit सीता (sītā, “furrow”).
Proper noun
[edit]Sita
- (Hinduism) A goddess, the consort of Rāma.
- A female given name from Sanskrit mainly used in India.
- 2000, Zadie Smith, White Teeth, London: Hamish Hamilton, →ISBN, pages 282–283:
- It is only this late in the day, and possibly only in Willesden, that you can find best friends Sita and Sharon, constantly mistaken for each other because Sita is white (her mother liked the name) and Sharon is Pakistani (her mother thought it best — less trouble).
Translations
[edit]avatar of Lakshmi
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References
[edit]- Puranic Encyclopedia: a comprehensive dictionary with special reference to the epic and Puranic literature, Vettam Mani, Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi, 1975, p. 720.
Anagrams
[edit]Cebuano
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Short for Teresita.
Pronunciation
[edit]- Hyphenation: Si‧ta
Noun
[edit]Sita
- a diminutive of the female given names Rosita or Teresita
Categories:
- English terms borrowed from Sanskrit
- English terms derived from Sanskrit
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Hinduism
- English given names
- English female given names
- English female given names from Sanskrit
- English terms with quotations
- en:Hindu deities
- en:Ramayana
- Cebuano lemmas
- Cebuano nouns
- Cebuano given names
- Cebuano female given names
- Cebuano diminutives of female given names