गीता
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See also: गीत
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit गीता (gītā).
Pronunciation
Noun
गीता • (gītā) f (Urdu spelling گیتا)
- song
- (Hinduism) the Bhagavad Gita
- Synonym: भगवद् गीता (bhagvad gītā)
Declension
Declension of गीता (fem ā-stem)
Synonyms
- गीत (gīt)
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
Noun
गीता (gītā)
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- গীতা (Assamese script)
- ᬕᬷᬢᬵ (Balinese script)
- গীতা (Bengali script)
- 𑰐𑰱𑰝𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀕𑀻𑀢𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- ဂီတာ (Burmese script)
- ગીતા (Gujarati script)
- ਗੀਤਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌗𑍀𑌤𑌾 (Grantha script)
- ꦒꦷꦠꦴ (Javanese script)
- 𑂏𑂲𑂞𑂰 (Kaithi script)
- ಗೀತಾ (Kannada script)
- គីតា (Khmer script)
- ຄີຕາ (Lao script)
- ഗീതാ (Malayalam script)
- ᡤᡳᡳᢠᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- 𑘐𑘲𑘝𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᠺᠢᠢᢐᠠ᠋ᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦰𑧓𑦽𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐐𑐷𑐟𑐵 (Newa script)
- ଗୀତା (Odia script)
- ꢔꢷꢡꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆓𑆵𑆠𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖐𑖱𑖝𑖯 (Siddham script)
- ගීතා (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩞𑩑𑩛𑩫𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚌𑚯𑚙𑚭 (Takri script)
- கீ³தா (Tamil script)
- గీతా (Telugu script)
- คีตา (Thai script)
- གཱི་ཏཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒑𑒲𑒞𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨍𑨁𑨊𑨙𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From the root गै (gai, “to sing”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬔𐬁𐬚𐬁 (gāθā, “form of strophe, metre, namely the collections of Zarathustra's songs, the Gathas”).
Pronunciation
Noun
गीता • (gītā́) stem, f
Declension
| 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 / गीतायै² gītā́yāḥ / gītā́yai² |
गीताभ्याम् gītā́bhyām |
गीताभ्यः gītā́bhyaḥ |
| Genitive | गीतायाः / गीतायै² gītā́yāḥ / gītā́yai² |
गीतयोः gītáyoḥ |
गीतानाम् gītā́nām |
| Locative | गीतायाम् gītā́yām |
गीतयोः gītáyoḥ |
गीतासु gītā́su |
| Notes |
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References
- Monier Williams (1899) “गीता”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0356.
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “गीता”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
- Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “गीता”, 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
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) “355”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 355
- Mallory, J. P. with 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 356