citta

See also: città

Hausa

Etymology

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Noun

cìtta f (possessed form cìttar̃)

1. ginger root (generic term)
2. (dated) Aframomum melegueta
3. (dated) chili, Capsicum annuum

   Synonym: filfil

Descendants

• → Arabic: شَطَّة‎ (šaṭṭa), شَطِيطَة‎ (šaṭīṭa)
• → Kanuri: njittá

Adverb

città

1. four days from today

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃit.ta/, [ˈt͡ʃit̪ːä]
  • (Tuscan dialect, after a vowel) IPA^(key): [ˈʃit̪ːä]
• Rhymes: -itta
• Hyphenation: cìt‧ta

Noun

citta f (plural citte, masculine citto)

1. female equivalent of citto
   1. (archaic or Tuscany) a (young) girl

      Synonyms: bambina, bimba, fanciulla

   2. (Tuscany, colloquial) a girlfriend

      Synonyms: fidanzata, ragazza, morosa (Northern Italy), zita (Southern Italy)

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀘𑀺𑀢𑁆𑀢 (Brahmi script)
• चित्त (Devanagari script)
• চিত্ত (Bengali script)
• චිත‍්ත (Sinhalese script)
• စိတ္တ or ၸိတ္တ or ၸိတ်တ (Burmese script)
• จิตฺต or จิตตะ (Thai script)
• ᨧᩥᨲ᩠ᨲ (Tai Tham script)
• ຈິຕ຺ຕ or ຈິຕຕະ (Lao script)
• ចិត្ត (Khmer 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) (learned)
• → Mon: စိုတ် / စိတ္တ (learned)
• → Khmer: ចិត្ត (cət) (learned)
• → Lao: ຈິດ (chit) (learned)
• → Thai: จิต (jìt) (learned)

Further reading

• “citta”, in Pali Text Society, editor, Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead, 1921-1925.