चिता

चिता

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit चिता (citā).

Noun

चिता • (citā) f

1. pile of wood used for lighting the funeral pyre, for cremation
   • c. 1800, Betal Pachisi :

     राजा की चिता तैयार हुई। सेनापति वहाँ गया और उसमें कूद पड़ा।

     rājā kī citā taiyār huī. senāpti vahā̃ gayā aur usmẽ kūd paṛā.

     The king's funeral pyre was readied. The general went and jumped in it.

2. (literary) a pile, heap

   Synonyms: ढेर (ḍher), राशि (rāśi)

Declension

Declension of चिता (fem ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	चिता citā	चिताएँ citāẽ
oblique	चिता citā	चिताओं citāõ
vocative	चिता citā	चिताओ citāo

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Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit चिता (citā).

Noun

चिता • (citā)

1. a funeral pyre

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Sanskrit

Etymology

From the root चि (ci) +‎ -ता (-tā), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷey- (“to pile up”) whence also the verb चिनोति (cinoti). Cognate with Ancient Greek ποιέω (poiéō, “to pile up”) and Old Church Slavonic чинъ (činŭ, “rank, order”).

Noun

चिता • (citā) f

1. pile of wood used at funerals for cremating corpses
2. layer

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of चिता (citā́)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	चिता citā́	चिते cité	चिताः citā́ḥ
Vocative	चिते cíte	चिते cíte	चिताः cítāḥ
Accusative	चिताम् citā́m	चिते cité	चिताः citā́ḥ
Instrumental	चितया / चिता¹ citáyā / citā́¹	चिताभ्याम् citā́bhyām	चिताभिः citā́bhiḥ
Dative	चितायै citā́yai	चिताभ्याम् citā́bhyām	चिताभ्यः citā́bhyaḥ
Ablative	चितायाः citā́yāḥ	चिताभ्याम् citā́bhyām	चिताभ्यः citā́bhyaḥ
Genitive	चितायाः citā́yāḥ	चितयोः citáyoḥ	चितानाम् citā́nām
Locative	चितायाम् citā́yām	चितयोः citáyoḥ	चितासु citā́su
Notes	¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “चिता”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 394.