citta
See also: città
Hausa
Etymology 1
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃìt.tá/
- (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [t͡ʃɪ̀t.tə́]
Noun
cìtta f (possessed form cìttar̃)
- ginger root (generic term)
- (dated) Aframomum melegueta
- (dated) chili, Capsicum annuum
- Synonym: filfil
Descendants
- → Arabic: شَطَّة (šaṭṭa), شَطِيطَة (šaṭīṭa)
- → Kanuri: njittá
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃít.tà/
- (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [t͡ʃɪ́t.tə̀]
Adverb
città
- four days from today
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃit.ta/
- Rhymes: -itta
- Hyphenation: cìt‧ta
Noun
citta f (plural citte, masculine citto)
- female equivalent of citto
- (archaic or Tuscan) a (young) girl
- Synonyms: bambina, bimba, fanciulla
- (Tuscany, colloquial) a girlfriend
- Synonyms: fidanzata, ragazza, (Northern Italy) morosa, (Southern Italy) zita
- (archaic or Tuscan) a (young) girl
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
- 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)
- 𑄌𑄨𑄖𑄴𑄖 (Chakma script)
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit चित्त (citta).
Noun
citta n
- (figurative) 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
- Pali Text Society (1921-1925), “citta”, in Pali-English Dictionary, London: Chipstead