कीट
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Hindi
Etymology 1
Noun
कीट • (kīṭ) m (Urdu spelling کیٹ)
Declension
Declension of कीट (masc cons-stem)
Etymology 2
Noun
कीट • (kīṭ) m (Urdu spelling کیٹ)
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “कीट”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Platts, John T. (1884) “कीट”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- “कीट”, in Collins Gem Hindi-English Dictionary, Collins, 2011, →ISBN
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- কীট (Assamese script)
- ᬓᬷᬝ (Balinese script)
- কীট (Bengali script)
- 𑰎𑰱𑰘 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀓𑀻𑀝 (Brahmi script)
- ကီဋ (Burmese script)
- કીટ (Gujarati script)
- ਕੀਟ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌕𑍀𑌟 (Grantha script)
- ꦏꦷꦛ (Javanese script)
- 𑂍𑂲𑂗 (Kaithi script)
- ಕೀಟ (Kannada script)
- កីដ (Khmer script)
- ກີຏ (Lao script)
- കീട (Malayalam script)
- ᡬᡳᡳᢞᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘎𑘲𑘘 (Modi script)
- ᢉᠢᠢᢌᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦮𑧓𑦸 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐎𑐷𑐚 (Newa script)
- କୀଟ (Odia script)
- ꢒꢷꢜ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆑𑆵𑆛 (Sharada script)
- 𑖎𑖱𑖘 (Siddham script)
- කීට (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩜𑩑𑩛𑩦 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚊𑚯𑚔 (Takri script)
- கீட (Tamil script)
- కీట (Telugu script)
- กีฏ (Thai script)
- ཀཱི་ཊ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒏𑒲𑒙 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨋𑨁𑨊𑨔 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Uncertain. According to Mayrhofer, probably borrowed from a substrate language.[1] Perhaps from original *kīr-tá- and thus somehow related to कृमि॑ (kṛ́mi, “worm”).
Unrelated to Ancient Greek κίς (kís, “weevil”).
Pronunciation
Noun
की॒ट • (kīṭá) stem, m
Declension
| Masculine a-stem declension of कीट (kīṭá) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | कीटः kīṭáḥ |
कीटौ / कीटा¹ kīṭaú / kīṭā́¹ |
कीटाः / कीटासः¹ kīṭā́ḥ / kīṭā́saḥ¹ |
| Vocative | कीट kī́ṭa |
कीटौ / कीटा¹ kī́ṭau / kī́ṭā¹ |
कीटाः / कीटासः¹ kī́ṭāḥ / kī́ṭāsaḥ¹ |
| Accusative | कीटम् kīṭám |
कीटौ / कीटा¹ kīṭaú / kīṭā́¹ |
कीटान् kīṭā́n |
| Instrumental | कीटेन kīṭéna |
कीटाभ्याम् kīṭā́bhyām |
कीटैः / कीटेभिः¹ kīṭaíḥ / kīṭébhiḥ¹ |
| Dative | कीटाय kīṭā́ya |
कीटाभ्याम् kīṭā́bhyām |
कीटेभ्यः kīṭébhyaḥ |
| Ablative | कीटात् kīṭā́t |
कीटाभ्याम् kīṭā́bhyām |
कीटेभ्यः kīṭébhyaḥ |
| Genitive | कीटस्य kīṭásya |
कीटयोः kīṭáyoḥ |
कीटानाम् kīṭā́nām |
| Locative | कीटे kīṭé |
कीटयोः kīṭáyoḥ |
कीटेषु kīṭéṣu |
| Notes |
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Descendants
- Borrowed terms
References
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992–2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 355
Further reading
- “कीट” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 122, column 1.
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “कीट”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 068
- Monier Williams (1899) “कीट”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 284, column 3.