चिंता

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Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit चिन्ता (cintā). Compare Gujarati ચિંતા (cintā), Marathi चिंता (cintā), Bengali চিন্তা (cinta).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /t͡ʃɪn.t̪ɑː/,

Noun

चिंता (cintāf (Urdu spelling چِنْتا)

  1. anxiety, concern, worry
    Synonym: फ़िक्र (fikra)
    चिंता करनाcintā karnāto worry
    • 2021, “हमारे साथ श्री रघुनाथ [hamāre sāth śrī raghunāth]”:
      हमारे साथ श्री रघुनाथ तो किस बात की चिंता
      शरण में रख दिया जब माथ तो किस बात की चिंता
      hamāre sāth śrī raghunāth to kis bāt kī cintā .
      śaraṇ mẽ rakh diyā jab māth to kis bāt kī cintā .
      When Lord Rama is with us, what do we have to worry about?
      When we have put our forehead in his refuge, what do we have to worry about?

Declension

References

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit चिन्ता (cintā). Compare Gujarati ચિંતા (cintā), Hindi चिंता (cintā).

Pronunciation

Noun

चिंता (cintāf

  1. concern, worry
  2. care
    Synonyms: काळजी (kāḷjī), फिकीर (phikīr)

Declension

Declension of चिंता (fem ā-stem)
direct
singular
चिंता
cintā
direct
plural
चिंता
chintā
singular
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
nominative
प्रथमा
चिंता
cintā
चिंता
chintā
oblique
सामान्यरूप
चिंते
chinte
चिंतां-
chintān-
acc. / dative
द्वितीया / चतुर्थी
चिंतेला
chintelā
चिंतांना
chintānnā
ergative चिंतेने, चिंतेनं
chintene, chintena
चिंतांनी
chintānnī
instrumental चिंतेशी
chinteśī
चिंतांशी
chintānśī
locative
सप्तमी
चिंतेत
chintet
चिंतांत
chintāt
vocative
संबोधन
चिंते
chinte
चिंतांनो
chintānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions.
There is no space between the stem and the postposition.
Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.
Genitive declension of चिंता (fem ā-stem)
masculine object
पुल्लिंगी कर्म
feminine object
स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म
neuter object
नपुसकलिंगी कर्म
oblique
सामान्यरूप
singular
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
singular
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
singular*
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
singular subject
एकवचनी कर्ता
चिंतेचा
chinteċā
चिंतेचे
chinteċe
चिंतेची
chintecī
चिंतेच्या
chintecā
चिंतेचे, चिंतेचं
chinteċe, chinteċa
चिंतेची
chintecī
चिंतेच्या
chintecā
plural subject
अनेकवचनी कर्ता
चिंतांचा
chintānċā
चिंतांचे
chintānċe
चिंतांची
chintāñcī
चिंतांच्या
chintāncā
चिंतांचे, चिंतांचं
chintānċe, chintānċa
चिंतांची
chintāñcī
चिंतांच्या
chintāñcā
* Note: Word-final (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as (a).
Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

Derived terms

References

  • Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “चिंता”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies