Gita

Gita

See also: gita, gîta, and gīta

English

Alternative forms

• Geeta

Etymology

From Sanskrit गीता (gītā, “song”), sometimes in reference to Bhagavad Gita.

Proper noun

Gita (countable and uncountable, plural Gitas)

1. A female given name from Sanskrit, used in India.
2. Short for Bhagavad Gita.
   • 2005, Lata Jagtiani, Bhagavad Gita in 365 Days: The Spiritual Essence of the Gita, New Age Books (→ISBN)

Translations

female given name

Bengali: গীতা (gīta) Hindi: गीता (hi) (gītā) Marathi: गीता (gītā) Punjabi: گیتا‎ (getā), ਗੀਤਾ (gītā) Russian: Гита (ru) (Gita) Santali: ᱜᱤᱛᱟ (gita) Sylheti: ꠉꠤꠔꠣ (gita) Tamil: கீதா (kītā) Urdu: گیتا‎

See also

• Geeta
• Geta

 

Anagrams

• gait, taig

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Czech

Etymology

Shortened from Brigita, also from Margita. Related to Danish Gitte.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡɪta]

Proper noun

Gita f

1. a female given name

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Estonian

Etymology

Shortened from Birgit. Related to Danish Gitte.

Proper noun

Gita

1. a female given name

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Latvian

Etymology

First recorded as a given name of Latvians during 1859 - 1875 . Short form of Brigita (“Bridget”) and Margita (“Margaret”).

Proper noun

Gita f

1. a female given name

References

• Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
• Population Register of Latvia: Gita was the only given name of 2836 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.