चिकित्सा

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Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit चिकित्सा (cikitsā). Cognate with Bengali চিকিৎসা (cikitśa), Punjabi ਚਿਕਿਤਸਾ (cikitsā), Telugu చికిత్స (cikitsa), Gujarati ચિકિત્સા (cikitsā).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /t͡ʃɪ.kɪt̪.sɑː/,

Noun

चिकित्सा (cikitsāf

  1. (medicine) treatment, medical care

Declension

Derived terms

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From चित् (cit, to perceive, comprehend).

Pronunciation

Noun

चिकित्सा (cikitsā) stemf

  1. (medicine) medical attendance, practice or science of medicine (esp. therapeutics, one of the six sections of medicine)

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of चिकित्सा (cikitsā)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative चिकित्सा
cikitsā
चिकित्से
cikitse
चिकित्साः
cikitsāḥ
Vocative चिकित्से
cikitse
चिकित्से
cikitse
चिकित्साः
cikitsāḥ
Accusative चिकित्साम्
cikitsām
चिकित्से
cikitse
चिकित्साः
cikitsāḥ
Instrumental चिकित्सया / चिकित्सा¹
cikitsayā / cikitsā¹
चिकित्साभ्याम्
cikitsābhyām
चिकित्साभिः
cikitsābhiḥ
Dative चिकित्सायै
cikitsāyai
चिकित्साभ्याम्
cikitsābhyām
चिकित्साभ्यः
cikitsābhyaḥ
Ablative चिकित्सायाः / चिकित्सायै²
cikitsāyāḥ / cikitsāyai²
चिकित्साभ्याम्
cikitsābhyām
चिकित्साभ्यः
cikitsābhyaḥ
Genitive चिकित्सायाः / चिकित्सायै²
cikitsāyāḥ / cikitsāyai²
चिकित्सयोः
cikitsayoḥ
चिकित्सानाम्
cikitsānām
Locative चिकित्सायाम्
cikitsāyām
चिकित्सयोः
cikitsayoḥ
चिकित्सासु
cikitsāsu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic
  • ²Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “चिकित्सा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 395/2.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 541