Sita

See also: sita, sità, sitã, sită, sitä, and sitą́

English

Sita with Rāma during the coronation.

Alternative forms

Seeta, Seetha

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit सीता (Sītā, “furrow”).

Proper noun

Sita

1. (Hinduism) A goddess, the consort of Rāma.
2. A female given name from Sanskrit mainly used in India.
   • 2000 Zadie Smith, White Teeth, Penguin, →ISBN, page 327:

     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

avatar of Lakshmi

• Burmese: မယ်သီတာ (maisita), သီတာ (sita), သီတာဒေဝီ (sitadewi)
• Hindi: सीता (hi) f (sītā)
• Marathi: सीता f (sītā)
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• Telugu: సీత (te) (sīta)
• Thai: นางสีดา, สีดา (th)

Anagrams

• -ista, Asti, IAST, IATs, Sati, TIAS, TIAs, Tais, Tisa, Tsai, aits, itas, sati, tais

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Cebuano

Etymology

Short for Teresita.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: si‧ta

Noun

Sita

1. a nickname for Rosita, Teresita, etc.