चित्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬘᬶᬢ᭄ (Balinese script)
- চিত্ (Assamese script)
- চিত্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰓𑰰𑰝𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀘𑀺𑀢𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌚𑌿𑌤𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ચિત્ (Gujarati script)
- ਚਿਤੑ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦕꦶꦠ꧀ (Javanese script)
- ចិត៑ (Khmer script)
- ಚಿತ್ (Kannada script)
- ຈິຕ຺ (Lao script)
- ചിത് (Malayalam script)
- 𑘓𑘱𑘝𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᢋᢈᢐ (Mongolian script)
- ᢜᡳᢠ (Manchu script)
- စိတ် (Burmese script)
- 𑦳𑧒𑦽𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐔𑐶𑐟𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଚିତ୍ (Oriya script)
- ꢗꢶꢡ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆖𑆴𑆠𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖓𑖰𑖝𑖿 (Siddham script)
- චිත් (Sinhalese script)
- చిత్ (Telugu script)
- จิตฺ (Thai script)
- ཙི་ཏ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒔𑒱𑒞𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *kʷeyt- (“to perceive, observe”), t-extension of *kʷey-.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /t͡ɕit/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /t͡ɕit̪/
Root
चित् • (cit)
- to perceive, fix the mind upon, attend to, be attentive
- to observe, take notice of,
- to aim at, intend, design
- to be anxious about, care for
- to resolve
- to understand, comprehend, know
Derived terms
- चिति (cití, “the thinking mind”)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “चित्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0395.
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “चित्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
- William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 047
- Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “चित्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
- Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 327
- Rix, Helmut, editor (2001) Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 382
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 0636