चित्त

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit चित्त (citta).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɪt̪t̪/, [t͡ʃɪt̪(ː)]

Noun

चित्त • (citt) m (Urdu spelling چت)

1. mind
2. heart

Declension

Declension of चित्त (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	चित्त citt	चित्त citt
oblique	चित्त citt	चित्तों cittõ
vocative	चित्त citt	चित्तो citto

Synonyms

• (mind): मन (man), जी (jī)
• (heart): दिल (dil), हृदय (hŕday)

References

• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “चित्त”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “चित्त”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• Platts, John T. (1884) “चित्त”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “चित्त”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Nepali

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡sit̪̚t̪ʌ]
• Phonetic Devanagari: चित्त

Noun

चित्त • (citta)

1. mind, thought
2. feeling; emotion
3. sympathy, compassion

References

• “चित्त”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary]‎^[1], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
• Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993) “चित्त”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• citta (Latin script)
• 𑀘𑀺𑀢𑁆𑀢 (Brahmi 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)
• 𑄌𑄨𑄖𑄴𑄖 (Chakma script)

Etymology

From Sanskrit चित्त (citta).

Noun

चित्त n

1. Devanagari script form of citta

Declension

Declension table of "चित्त" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	चित्तं (cittaṃ)	चित्तानि (cittāni)
Accusative (second)	चित्तं (cittaṃ)	चित्तानि (cittāni)
Instrumental (third)	चित्तेन (cittena)	चित्तेहि (cittehi) or चित्तेभि (cittebhi)
Dative (fourth)	चित्तस्स (cittassa) or चित्ताय (cittāya) or चित्तत्थं (cittatthaṃ)	चित्तानं (cittānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	चित्तस्मा (cittasmā) or चित्तम्हा (cittamhā) or चित्ता (cittā)	चित्तेहि (cittehi) or चित्तेभि (cittebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	चित्तस्स (cittassa)	चित्तानं (cittānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	चित्तस्मिं (cittasmiṃ) or चित्तम्हि (cittamhi) or चित्ते (citte)	चित्तेसु (cittesu)
Vocative (calling)	चित्त (citta)	चित्तानि (cittāni)

Sanskrit

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeyt- (“to notice”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕit.tɐ́/, [t͡ɕit̚.tɐ́]
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ɕit̪.t̪ɐ/, [ˈt͡ɕit̪̚.t̪ɐ]
• Hyphenation: चित्‧त

Noun

चित्त • (cittá) stem, n

1. thinking
2. reflecting
3. imagining
4. thought
5. intention, aim, wish
6. memory
7. intelligence
8. reason
9. heart
10. mind

Descendants

Terms inherited from चित्त (citta)

• Dardic:
  • Kalasha: čit
  • Kashmiri: ژێتھ (ċeth)
  • Khowar: چیت (čīt)
  • → Proto-Nuristani:
    • Kamkata-viri: čit
    • Prasuni: čīt
    • Waigali: čīt
• Pali: citta
  • → Burmese: စိတ် (cit)
  • → Malay: cita, cipta
    • → Indonesian: cita, cipta
  • → Khmer: ចិត្ត (cət)
• Prakrit: 𑀘𑀺𑀢𑁆𑀢 (citta)
  • Central:
    • Ardhamagadhi Prakrit:
      • Old Awadhi: चीत (cīt)
        • ⇒ Old Awadhi: चितवइ (citvai)
    • Sauraseni Prakrit:
      • Hindustani: cīt, cītnā
        • Hindi: चीत, चितना, चिताना (citānā)
        • Urdu: چِیت (cīt), چِیتنَا (cītnā), چِتَانَا (citānā)
  • Eastern:
    • Magadhi Prakrit:
      • Assamese: চিত (sit)
      • Bengali: চিৎ (cit)
        • ⇒ Bengali: চেতান (cetan)
      • Bihari:
        • Maithili: चित (cit)
  • Northern:
    • Khasa Prakrit:
      • Central Pahari:
        • Kumaoni: चित (cit)
      • Eastern Pahari:
        • ⇒ Nepali: चिताउनु (citāunu)
  • Northwestern:
    • Paisaci Prakrit:
      • Takka Apabhramsa:
        • Punjabi: cití

          Gurmukhi script: ਚਿਤਿ

          Shahmukhi script: چِتِ

      • Vracada Apabhramsa:
        • Sindhi: citu

          Arabic script: چِتُ

          Devanagari script: चितु

          • ⇒ Sindhi: citavaṇu

            Arabic script: چِتَوَڻُ

            Devanagari script: चितवणु

  • Southern:
    • Helu Prakrit:
      • Dhivehi: ހިތް (hit̊)
      • Sinhalese: සිත (sita), හිත (hita)
  • Western:
    • Sauraseni Prakrit:
      • Gujarati: ચિત (cit), ચિતડું (citḍũ)
        • ⇒ Gujarati: ચિતવું (citvũ)
      • Old Marwari: चित (cit)

Terms borrowed from चित्त (citta)

• → Punjabi: ਚਿੱਤ (citta)
• → Hindi: चित्त (citt)
• → Nepali: चित्त (citta)
• → Telugu: చిత్తము (cittamu)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “चित्त”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 395.