चिता

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Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit चिता (citā).

Noun

चिता (citāf

  1. pile of wood used for lighting the funeral pyre, for cremation
    • c. 1800, Betal Pachisi :
      राजा की चिता तैयार हुई। सेनापति वहाँ गया और उसमें कूद पड़ा।
      rājā kī citā taiyār huī. senāpti vahā̃ gayā aur usmẽ kūd paṛā.
      The king's funeral pyre was readied. The general went and jumped in it.
  2. (literary) a pile, heap
    Synonyms: ढेर (ḍher), राशि (rāśi)

Declension

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit चिता (citā).

Noun

चिता (citā)

  1. a funeral pyre

Sanskrit

Etymology

From the root चि (ci) +‎ -ता (-tā), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷey- (to pile up) whence also the verb चिनोति (cinoti). Cognate with Ancient Greek ποιέω (poiéō, to pile up) and Old Church Slavonic чинъ (činŭ, rank, order).

Noun

चिता (citā) stemf

  1. pile of wood used at funerals for cremating corpses
  2. layer

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of चिता (citā́)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative चिता
citā́
चिते
cité
चिताः
citā́ḥ
Vocative चिते
cíte
चिते
cíte
चिताः
cítāḥ
Accusative चिताम्
citā́m
चिते
cité
चिताः
citā́ḥ
Instrumental चितया / चिता¹
citáyā / citā́¹
चिताभ्याम्
citā́bhyām
चिताभिः
citā́bhiḥ
Dative चितायै
citā́yai
चिताभ्याम्
citā́bhyām
चिताभ्यः
citā́bhyaḥ
Ablative चितायाः / चितायै²
citā́yāḥ / citā́yai²
चिताभ्याम्
citā́bhyām
चिताभ्यः
citā́bhyaḥ
Genitive चितायाः / चितायै²
citā́yāḥ / citā́yai²
चितयोः
citáyoḥ
चितानाम्
citā́nām
Locative चितायाम्
citā́yām
चितयोः
citáyoḥ
चितासु
citā́su
Notes
  • ¹Vedic
  • ²Brāhmaṇas

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