चिन्त्

चिन्त्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ᬘᬶᬦ᭄ᬢ᭄ (Balinese script)
• চিন্ত্ (Assamese script)
• চিন্ত্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰓𑰰𑰡𑰿𑰝𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀘𑀺𑀦𑁆𑀢𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌚𑌿𑌨𑍍𑌤𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ચિન્ત્ (Gujarati script)
• ਚਿਨੑਤੑ (Gurmukhi script)
• ꦕꦶꦤ꧀ꦠ꧀ (Javanese script)
• ចិន្ត៑ (Khmer script)
• ಚಿನ್ತ್ (Kannada script)
• ຈິນ຺ຕ຺ (Lao script)
• ചിന്ത് (Malayalam script)
• 𑘓𑘱𑘡𑘿𑘝𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᢋᢈᠨᢐ (Mongolian script)
• ᢜᡳᠨᢠ (Manchu script)
• စိန္တ် (Burmese script)
• 𑦳𑧒𑧁𑧠𑦽𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐔𑐶𑐣𑑂𑐟𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଚିନ୍ତ୍ (Oriya script)
• ꢗꢶꢥ꣄ꢡ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆖𑆴𑆤𑇀𑆠𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖓𑖰𑖡𑖿𑖝𑖿 (Siddham script)
• චින්ත් (Sinhalese script)
• చిన్త్ (Telugu script)
• จินฺตฺ (Thai script)
• ཙི་ནྟ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒔𑒱𑒢𑓂𑒞𑓂 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kʷeyt- (“to perceive, observe”), t-extension of *kʷey-.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕint/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕin̪t̪/

Root

चिन्त् • (cint)

1. to think, have a thought or idea
2. to reflect, consider
3. to care for, find out
4. to take into consideration

Derived terms

• चिन्ता (cintā, “thought, care, consideration”)

 

Related terms

• चि (ci)
• चित् (cit)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “चिन्त्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0398.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “चिन्त्”, 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), “चिन्त्”, 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