गीत

गीत

See also: गति, गीता, and गते

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit गीत (gītá).

Noun

गीत • (gīt) m (Urdu spelling گیت‎)

1. song

   Synonym: गाना (gānā)

Declension

Declension of गीत (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	गीत gīt	गीत gīt
oblique	गीत gīt	गीतों gītõ
vocative	गीत gīt	गीतो gīto

Synonyms

• गीता (gītā)

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Nepali

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡit̪]
• Phonetic Devanagari: गित्

Noun

गीत • (gīt)

1. song

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• gīta (Latin script)
• 𑀕𑀻𑀢 (Brahmi script)
• গীত (Bengali script)
• ගීත (Sinhalese script)
• ဂီတ or ဂဳတ or ၷီတ (Burmese script)
• คีต or คีตะ (Thai script)
• ᨣᩦᨲ (Tai Tham script)
• ຄີຕ or ຄີຕະ (Lao script)
• គីត (Khmer script)
• 𑄉𑄩𑄖 (Chakma script)

Noun

गीत n

1. Devanagari script form of gīta (“song”)

Declension

Declension table of "गीत" (neuter)

Case \\ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	गीतं (gītaṃ)	गीतानि (gītāni)
Accusative (second)	गीतं (gītaṃ)	गीतानि (gītāni)
Instrumental (third)	गीतेन (gītena)	गीतेहि (gītehi) or गीतेभि (gītebhi)
Dative (fourth)	गीतस्स (gītassa) or गीताय (gītāya) or गीतत्थं (gītatthaṃ)	गीतानं (gītānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	गीतस्मा (gītasmā) or गीतम्हा (gītamhā) or गीता (gītā)	गीतेहि (gītehi) or गीतेभि (gītebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	गीतस्स (gītassa)	गीतानं (gītānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	गीतस्मिं (gītasmiṃ) or गीतम्हि (gītamhi) or गीते (gīte)	गीतेसु (gītesu)
Vocative (calling)	गीत (gīta)	गीतानि (gītāni)

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Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ᬕᬷᬢ (Balinese script)
• গীত (Assamese script)
• গীত (Bengali script)
• 𑰐𑰱𑰝 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀕𑀻𑀢 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌗𑍀𑌤 (Grantha script)
• ગીત (Gujarati script)
• ਗੀਤ (Gurmukhi script)
• ꦒꦷꦠ (Javanese script)
• គីត (Khmer script)
• ಗೀತ (Kannada script)
• ຄີຕ (Lao script)
• ഗീത (Malayalam script)
• 𑘐𑘲𑘝 (Modi script)
• ᠺᢈᢈᢐᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• ᡤᡳᡳᢠᠠ (Manchu script)
• ဂီတ (Burmese script)
• 𑦰𑧓𑦽 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐐𑐷𑐟 (Newa script)
• ଗୀତ (Oriya script)
• ꢔꢷꢡ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆓𑆵𑆠 (Sharada script)
• 𑖐𑖱𑖝 (Siddham script)
• ගීත (Sinhalese script)
• గీత (Telugu script)
• คีต (Thai script)
• གཱི་ཏ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒑𑒲𑒞 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *giHtás, Proto-Indo-European *g⁽ʷ⁾iH-tós, from *geH- (“to sing, cry”).

Cognate with Avestan 𐬔𐬁𐬚𐬁‎ (gāθā, “form of strophe, metre, namely the collections of Zarathustra's songs, the Gathas”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɡiː.tɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡiː.t̪ɐ/

Adjective

गीत • (gītá)

1. sung, chanted
2. praised in song

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of गीत (gītá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	गीतः gītáḥ	गीतौ gītaú	गीताः / गीतासः¹ gītā́ḥ / gītā́saḥ¹
Vocative	गीत gī́ta	गीतौ gī́tau	गीताः / गीतासः¹ gī́tāḥ / gī́tāsaḥ¹
Accusative	गीतम् gītám	गीतौ gītaú	गीतान् gītā́n
Instrumental	गीतेन gīténa	गीताभ्याम् gītā́bhyām	गीतैः / गीतेभिः¹ gītaíḥ / gītébhiḥ¹
Dative	गीताय gītā́ya	गीताभ्याम् gītā́bhyām	गीतेभ्यः gītébhyaḥ
Ablative	गीतात् gītā́t	गीताभ्याम् gītā́bhyām	गीतेभ्यः gītébhyaḥ
Genitive	गीतस्य gītásya	गीतयोः gītáyoḥ	गीतानाम् gītā́nām
Locative	गीते gīté	गीतयोः gītáyoḥ	गीतेषु gītéṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Feminine ā-stem declension of गीता (gītā́)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	गीता gītā́	गीते gīté	गीताः gītā́ḥ
Vocative	गीते gī́te	गीते gī́te	गीताः gī́tāḥ
Accusative	गीताम् gītā́m	गीते gīté	गीताः gītā́ḥ
Instrumental	गीतया / गीता¹ gītáyā / gītā́¹	गीताभ्याम् gītā́bhyām	गीताभिः gītā́bhiḥ
Dative	गीतायै gītā́yai	गीताभ्याम् gītā́bhyām	गीताभ्यः gītā́bhyaḥ
Ablative	गीतायाः gītā́yāḥ	गीताभ्याम् gītā́bhyām	गीताभ्यः gītā́bhyaḥ
Genitive	गीतायाः gītā́yāḥ	गीतयोः gītáyoḥ	गीतानाम् gītā́nām
Locative	गीतायाम् gītā́yām	गीतयोः gītáyoḥ	गीतासु gītā́su
Notes	¹Vedic

Neuter a-stem declension of गीत (gītá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	गीतम् gītám	गीते gīté	गीतानि / गीता¹ gītā́ni / gītā́¹
Vocative	गीत gī́ta	गीते gī́te	गीतानि / गीता¹ gī́tāni / gī́tā¹
Accusative	गीतम् gītám	गीते gīté	गीतानि / गीता¹ gītā́ni / gītā́¹
Instrumental	गीतेन gīténa	गीताभ्याम् gītā́bhyām	गीतैः / गीतेभिः¹ gītaíḥ / gītébhiḥ¹
Dative	गीताय gītā́ya	गीताभ्याम् gītā́bhyām	गीतेभ्यः gītébhyaḥ
Ablative	गीतात् gītā́t	गीताभ्याम् gītā́bhyām	गीतेभ्यः gītébhyaḥ
Genitive	गीतस्य gītásya	गीतयोः gītáyoḥ	गीतानाम् gītā́nām
Locative	गीते gīté	गीतयोः gītáyoḥ	गीतेषु gītéṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Noun

गीत • (gītá) m

1. song

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of गीत (gītá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	गीतः gītáḥ	गीतौ gītaú	गीताः / गीतासः¹ gītā́ḥ / gītā́saḥ¹
Vocative	गीत gī́ta	गीतौ gī́tau	गीताः / गीतासः¹ gī́tāḥ / gī́tāsaḥ¹
Accusative	गीतम् gītám	गीतौ gītaú	गीतान् gītā́n
Instrumental	गीतेन gīténa	गीताभ्याम् gītā́bhyām	गीतैः / गीतेभिः¹ gītaíḥ / gītébhiḥ¹
Dative	गीताय gītā́ya	गीताभ्याम् gītā́bhyām	गीतेभ्यः gītébhyaḥ
Ablative	गीतात् gītā́t	गीताभ्याम् gītā́bhyām	गीतेभ्यः gītébhyaḥ
Genitive	गीतस्य gītásya	गीतयोः gītáyoḥ	गीतानाम् gītā́nām
Locative	गीते gīté	गीतयोः gītáyoḥ	गीतेषु gītéṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Derived terms

• संगीत (saṃgīta)

Descendants

• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: गीत (gīt), गीता (gītā)

  Urdu: گیت‎‎, گیتا‎

• → Malayalam: ഗീതം (gītaṃ)
• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀕𑀻𑀅 (gīa)
• Pali: gīta
  • → Burmese: ဂီတ (gita.)
  • → Thai: คีต (kîit), คีตะ (kii-dtà)
• Punjabi: ਗੀਤ (gīt)
• → Tamil: கீதம் (kītam)