चेतना

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Hindi

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /t͡ʃeːt̪.nɑː/,

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sanskrit चेतना (cetanā).

Noun

चेतना (cetnāf

  1. consciousness
    Synonym: होश (hoś)
    मैं अचानक चेतना में आया।
    ma͠i acānak cetnā mẽ āyā.
    I suddenly became conscious.
  2. intelligence, understanding
    Synonyms: समझ (samajh), बुद्धि (buddhi)
Declension

Etymology 2

Inherited from Sanskrit चेत्तृ (cettṛ). Cognate to Bengali চেতা (ceta).

Verb

चेतना (cetnā)

  1. to be conscious, to awaken
    Synonym: होश में आना (hoś mẽ ānā)
  2. to become aware, to realize
  3. to consider, meditate on
Conjugation

Further reading

Marathi

Etymology

Inherited from Old Marathi चेतना (cetanā), from Sanskrit चेतना (cetanā).

Pronunciation

Noun

चेतना (cetnāf

  1. consciousness
    Synonym: देहभान (dehbhān)
  2. intelligence, understanding
    Synonyms: समज (samaj), बुद्धी (buddhī)
  3. vitality
  4. (rare) virility
    Synonym: पुरुषत्व (puruṣatva)

Declension

Declension of चेतना (fem ā-stem)
direct
singular
चेतना
cetnā
direct
plural
चेतना
cētanā
singular
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
nominative
प्रथमा
चेतना
cetnā
चेतना
cētanā
oblique
सामान्यरूप
चेतने
cētane
चेतनां-
cētanān-
acc. / dative
द्वितीया / चतुर्थी
चेतनेला
cētanelā
चेतनांना
cētanānnā
ergative चेतनेने, चेतनेनं
cētanene, cētanena
चेतनांनी
cētanānnī
instrumental चेतनेशी
cētaneśī
चेतनांशी
cētanānśī
locative
सप्तमी
चेतनेत
cētanet
चेतनांत
cētanāt
vocative
संबोधन
चेतने
cētane
चेतनांनो
cētanānno
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 चेतना (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
चेतनेचा
cētaneċā
चेतनेचे
cētaneċe
चेतनेची
cētanecī
चेतनेच्या
cētanecā
चेतनेचे, चेतनेचं
cētaneċe, cētaneċa
चेतनेची
cētanecī
चेतनेच्या
cētanecā
plural subject
अनेकवचनी कर्ता
चेतनांचा
cētanānċā
चेतनांचे
cētanānċe
चेतनांची
cētanāñcī
चेतनांच्या
cētanāncā
चेतनांचे, चेतनांचं
cētanānċe, cētanānċa
चेतनांची
cētanāñcī
चेतनांच्या
cētanāñcā
* 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.

Proper noun

चेतना (cetnāf

  1. a female given name, equivalent to English Chetna

References

Sanskrit

Etymology

Feminine form of चेतन (cetana),[1] from चित् (cit) +‎ -अन (-ana)

Pronunciation

Noun

चेतना (cetanā) stemf

  1. consciousness, understanding, sense, intelligence

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of चेतना (cetanā)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative चेतना
cetanā
चेतने
cetane
चेतनाः
cetanāḥ
Vocative चेतने
cetane
चेतने
cetane
चेतनाः
cetanāḥ
Accusative चेतनाम्
cetanām
चेतने
cetane
चेतनाः
cetanāḥ
Instrumental चेतनया / चेतना¹
cetanayā / cetanā¹
चेतनाभ्याम्
cetanābhyām
चेतनाभिः
cetanābhiḥ
Dative चेतनायै
cetanāyai
चेतनाभ्याम्
cetanābhyām
चेतनाभ्यः
cetanābhyaḥ
Ablative चेतनायाः / चेतनायै²
cetanāyāḥ / cetanāyai²
चेतनाभ्याम्
cetanābhyām
चेतनाभ्यः
cetanābhyaḥ
Genitive चेतनायाः / चेतनायै²
cetanāyāḥ / cetanāyai²
चेतनयोः
cetanayoḥ
चेतनानाम्
cetanānām
Locative चेतनायाम्
cetanāyām
चेतनयोः
cetanayoḥ
चेतनासु
cetanāsu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic
  • ²Brāhmaṇas

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Monier Williams (1899) “चेतना”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0397.