छिद्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬙᬶᬤ᭄ (Balinese script)
- ছিদ্ (Assamese script)
- ছিদ্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰔𑰰𑰟𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀙𑀺𑀤𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌛𑌿𑌦𑍍 (Grantha script)
- છિદ્ (Gujarati script)
- ꦖꦶꦢ꧀ (Javanese script)
- ಛಿದ್ (Kannada script)
- ဆိဒ္ (Burmese script)
- 𑐕𑐶𑐡𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଛିଦ୍ (Oriya script)
- ꢘꢶꢣ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆗𑆴𑆢𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖔𑖰𑖟𑖿 (Siddham script)
- ఛిద్ (Telugu script)
- ཚིད྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒕𑒱𑒠𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *skeyd- (“to split, divide”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /t͡ɕʰid̪/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /t͡ɕʰid̪/
Root
छिद् • (chid)
- to cut off, amputate, cut through, hew, chop, split, pierce
- to divide, separate from
- to destroy, annihilate, efface, blot out
- (mathematics) to divide
- to be split or cut, break, to cut off
- to cause to cut off or through
Derived terms
- छित्ति (chitti)
- छिद्यते (chidyate)
- छिद्र (chidra)
- छिनत्ति (chinatti)
- छेद (cheda)
- परिच्छिद् (paricchid)
Adjective
छिद् • (chid)
- cutting, cutting off, cutting through, splitting, piercing
- destroying, annihilating, removing
Noun 1
छिद् • (chid) m
- (mathematics) the divisor, denominator
Noun 2
छिद् • (chid) f
- the cutting off
- annihilation
References
- Monier Williams (1899) , “छिद्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 406.