कीट
See also: कोटि, कांटा, काँटा, and कौट
Hindi
Noun
कीट • (kīṭ) m (Urdu spelling کیٹ)
- insect
- Synonym: कीड़ा (kīṛā)
Declension
Declension of कीट (masc cons-stem)
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
direct | कीट kīṭ | कीट kīṭ |
oblique | कीट kīṭ | कीटों kīṭõ |
vocative | कीट kīṭ | कीटो kīṭo |
Noun
कीट • (kīṭ) m (Urdu spelling کیٹ)
- sediment, dregs
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “कीट”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Platts, John T. (1884), “कीट”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- “कीट”, in Collins Gem Hindi-English Dictionary, Collins, 2011, →ISBN
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬓᬷᬝ (Balinese script)
- কীট (Assamese script)
- কীট (Bengali script)
- 𑰎𑰱𑰘 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀓𑀻𑀝 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌕𑍀𑌟 (Grantha script)
- કીટ (Gujarati script)
- ਕੀਟ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦏꦷꦛ (Javanese script)
- កីដ (Khmer script)
- ಕೀಟ (Kannada script)
- ກີຏ (Lao script)
- കീട (Malayalam script)
- 𑘎𑘲𑘘 (Modi script)
- ᢉᢈᢈᢌᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- ᡬᡳᡳᢞᠠ (Manchu script)
- ကီဋ (Burmese script)
- 𑦮𑧓𑦸 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐎𑐷𑐚 (Newa script)
- କୀଟ (Oriya script)
- ꢒꢷꢜ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆑𑆵𑆛 (Sharada script)
- 𑖎𑖱𑖘 (Siddham script)
- කීට (Sinhalese script)
- కీట (Telugu script)
- กีฏ (Thai script)
- ཀཱི་ཊ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒏𑒲𑒙 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
According to Mayrhofer, probably borrowed from a non-Indo-Aryan language or an Indo-Aryan vernacular.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /kiː.ʈɐ/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkiː.ʈɐ/
Noun
कीट • (kīṭa) m
- (zoology) a worm, insect
Descendants
- Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀓𑀻𑀟 (kīḍa)
- Konkani: किडो (kiḍô)
- Old Marathi: 𑘎𑘱𑘚𑘰 (kiḍā)
- Marathi: किडा (kiḍā)
- Pali: kīṭa
- Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀓𑀻𑀟 (kīḍa)
- Gujarati: કીડો (kīḍo)
- Hindustani:
- Hindi: कीड़ा (kīṛā)
- Urdu: کیڑا (kīṛā)
- Punjabi: ਕੀੜਾ (kīṛā)
- Sindhi: ڪِيڙو / कीड़ो (kīṛo)
- → Hindi: कीट (kīṭ)
- ⇒ Telugu: కీటము (kīṭamu)
- → Thai: กีฏ (gii-dtà-)
References
- “कीट” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 122, column 1.
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “कीट”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 068
- Monier Williams (1899), “कीट”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 284, column 3.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992–2001), “page-355”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag