चरित्र

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Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit चरित्र (caritra).

Pronunciation

Noun

चरित्र • (caritra) m

  1. conduct, behaviour
  2. (good) character, nature
    बिना चरित्र आदमी जानवर होता है।
    binā caritra ādmī jānvar hotā hai.
    A man without character is an animal.
  3. (literature) a character
    चरित्र-चित्रण ― caritra-citraṇ ― portrayal of a character

Declension

Declension of चरित्र (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct चरित्र
caritra 		चरित्र
caritra
oblique चरित्र
caritra 		चरित्रों
caritrõ
vocative चरित्र
caritra 		चरित्रो
caritro

Derived terms

Further reading

Nepali

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit चरित्र (caritra).

Pronunciation

Noun

चरित्र • (caritra)

  1. conduct, behaviour
  2. moral character

Further reading

  • “चरित्र”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary]‎, Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
  • Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993) “चरित्र”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar

Sanskrit

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Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kʷel-i-tro-m, from *kʷel- (“to walk”). From the root चर् (car, “to move”).

Pronunciation

Noun

चरित्र • (carítra) stem, n

  1. a foot, leg
  2. going
  3. acting, behaviour, habit, practice
  4. nature, disposition

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of चरित्र (carítra)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative चरित्रम्
carítram 		चरित्रे
carítre 		चरित्राणि / चरित्रा¹
carítrāṇi / carítrā¹
Vocative चरित्र
cáritra 		चरित्रे
cáritre 		चरित्राणि / चरित्रा¹
cáritrāṇi / cáritrā¹
Accusative चरित्रम्
carítram 		चरित्रे
carítre 		चरित्राणि / चरित्रा¹
carítrāṇi / carítrā¹
Instrumental चरित्रेण
carítreṇa 		चरित्राभ्याम्
carítrābhyām 		चरित्रैः / चरित्रेभिः¹
carítraiḥ / carítrebhiḥ¹
Dative चरित्राय
carítrāya 		चरित्राभ्याम्
carítrābhyām 		चरित्रेभ्यः
carítrebhyaḥ
Ablative चरित्रात्
carítrāt 		चरित्राभ्याम्
carítrābhyām 		चरित्रेभ्यः
carítrebhyaḥ
Genitive चरित्रस्य
carítrasya 		चरित्रयोः
carítrayoḥ 		चरित्राणाम्
carítrāṇām
Locative चरित्रे
carítre 		चरित्रयोः
carítrayoḥ 		चरित्रेषु
carítreṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “चरित्र”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 390/1.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 534
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