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Hindi
Etymology
Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit चैत्र (caitra), through Prakrit चेत्त (cĕtta). Doublet of चैत्र (caitra). Cognate with Punjabi ਚੇਤਰ (cetar) and Nepali चैत (cait).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
चैत • (cait) m
- Alternative form of चैत्र (caitra)
References
Nepali
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit चैत्र (caitra).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
चैत • (cait)
- Chaitra
- the twelfth month in the Vikram Samvat calendar
- the first month in the lunar Hindu calendar
- Synonym: चैत्र (caitra)
- (lunar months) वैशाख (vaiśākh), ज्येष्ठ (jyeṣṭha) / जेठ (jeṭh), आषाढ (āṣāḍh), साउन (sāuna), भदौ (bhadau) / भाद्र (bhādra), असोज (asoj) / आश्विन (āśvina), कात्तिक (kāttik) / कार्त्तिक (kārttik), मङ्सिर (maṅsira) / मार्ग (mārga), पुस (pus) / पौष (pauṣ), माघ (māgh), फागुन (phāguna) / फाल्गुन (phālguna), चैत (cait) / चैत्र (caitra) (Category: ne:Hindu lunar calendar months)
Further reading
- “चैत”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
- Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993) “चैत”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar