चैत्र
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Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit चैत्र (caitra).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
चैत्र • (caitra) m
- Chaitra (first month of the Hindu lunar calendar)
Declension
Declension of चैत्र (masc cons-stem)
Related terms
- (lunar months) चैत्र (caitra), वैशाख (vaiśākh), ज्येष्ठ (jyeṣṭh), आषाढ़ (āṣāṛh) / असाढ़ (asāṛh), श्रावण (śrāvaṇ), भाद्र (bhādra), आश्विन (āśvin), कार्तिक (kārtik), मार्गशीर्ष (mārgaśīrṣ) / अग्रहायण (agrahāyaṇ), पौष (pauṣ), माघ (māgh), फाल्गुन (phālgun) (Category: hi:Hindu lunar calendar months)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “चैत्र”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 323, 330.
Marathi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit चैत्र (caitra).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
चैत्र • (caitra) m
- first month of Marathi calendar, Saka calendar, and Indian National Calendar.
Nepali
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit चैत्र (caitra).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
चैत्र • (caitra)
- Chaitra
- the twelfth month in the Vikram Samvat calendar
- the first month in the lunar Hindu calendar
- Synonym: चैत (cait)
Related terms
- (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
- “चैत्र”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
- Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993) “चैत्र”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- চৈত্ৰ (Assamese script)
- ᬘᬿᬢ᭄ᬭ (Balinese script)
- চৈত্র (Bengali script)
- 𑰓𑰹𑰝𑰿𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀘𑁃𑀢𑁆𑀭 (Brahmi script)
- စဲတြ (Burmese script)
- ચૈત્ર (Gujarati script)
- ਚੈਤ੍ਰ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌚𑍈𑌤𑍍𑌰 (Grantha script)
- ꦕꦻꦠꦿ (Javanese script)
- 𑂒𑂶𑂞𑂹𑂩 (Kaithi script)
- ಚೈತ್ರ (Kannada script)
- ចៃត្រ (Khmer script)
- ໄຈຕ຺ຣ (Lao script)
- ചൈത്ര (Malayalam script)
- ᢜᠠᡳᢠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘓𑘺𑘝𑘿𑘨 (Modi script)
- ᢋᠧᠧᢐᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦳𑧛𑦽𑧠𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐔𑐿𑐟𑑂𑐬 (Newa script)
- ଚୈତ୍ର (Odia script)
- ꢗꣀꢡ꣄ꢬ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆖𑆽𑆠𑇀𑆫 (Sharada script)
- 𑖓𑖹𑖝𑖿𑖨 (Siddham script)
- චෛත්ර (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩡𑩗𑩫 𑪙𑩼 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚏𑚳𑚙𑚶𑚤 (Takri script)
- சைத்ர (Tamil script)
- చైత్ర (Telugu script)
- ไจตฺร (Thai script)
- ཙཻ་ཏྲ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒔𑒻𑒞𑓂𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨣𑨇𑨙𑩇𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Vṛddhi derivative of चित्रा (citrā).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
चैत्र • (caitra) stem, m
- (Hinduism) First month of the Hindu lunar calendar
Declension
| Masculine a-stem declension of चैत्र (caitra) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | चैत्रः caitraḥ | ||
| Vocative | चैत्र caitra | ||
| Accusative | चैत्रम् caitram | ||
| Instrumental | चैत्रेण caitreṇa | ||
| Dative | चैत्राय caitrāya | ||
| Ablative | चैत्रात् caitrāt | ||
| Genitive | चैत्रस्य caitrasya | ||
| Locative | चैत्रे caitre | ||