सीता

Hindi

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

सीता • (sītā) f

1. (Hinduism) Sita (an avatar of Lakshmi)
2. a female given name, Sita
3. Seetha River (a river in India)

Declension

Declension of सीता (fem ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	सीता sītā	सीताएँ sītāẽ
oblique	सीता sītā	सीताओं sītāõ
vocative	सीता sītā	सीताओ sītāo

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Sanskrit

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /siː.tɑː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈs̪iː.t̪ɑː/

Noun

सीता • (sītā) stem, f

1. a furrow, the track or line of a ploughshare
2. name of the eastern branch of the four mythical branches of the Ganga
3. name of an Upanishad
4. spirituous liquor

Proper noun

सीता • (sītā) stem, f

1. the wife of Rama

Descendants

• → Bengali: সীতা (śita)
• → Burmese: သီတာ (sita)
• → Chinese: 悉多
• → Hindi: सीता (sītā)
• → Indonesian: Shinta
• → Khmer: សីតា (səytaa)
• → Malayalam: സീത (sīta)
• → Marathi: सीता (sītā)
• → Nepali: सीता (sītā)
• → Tamil: சீதை (cītai)
• → Thai: สีดา

References

• Monier William's Sanskrit-English Dictionary, 2nd Ed. 1899.