citta

See also: città

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• चित्त (Devanagari script)
• චිත්ත (Sinhalese script)
• စိတ္တ (Burmese script)
• ចិត្ត (Khmer script)
• จิตฺต (Thai script)

Etymology

From Sanskrit चित्त ‎(citta).

Noun

citta n

1. (figuratively) mind, heart, feeling

Declension

Declension table of "citta" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	cittaṃ	cittāni
Accusative (second)	cittaṃ	cittāni
Instrumental (third)	cittena	cittehi or cittebhi
Dative (fourth)	cittassa or cittāya or cittatthaṃ	cittānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	cittasmā or cittamhā or cittā	cittehi or cittebhi
Genitive (sixth)	cittassa	cittānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	cittasmiṃ or cittamhi or citte	cittesu
Vocative (calling)	citta	cittāni

Descendants

• Burmese: စိတ် ‎(cit)
• Khmer: ចិត្ត ‎(cət)

References

• citta in Pali Text Society (1921–1925), Pali-English Dictionary, London: Chipstead. (licensed under CC-BY-NC)