चित्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

চিত্ (Assamese script)
ᬘᬶᬢ᭄ (Balinese script)
চিত্ (Bengali script)
𑰓𑰰𑰝𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀘𑀺𑀢𑁆 (Brahmi script)
စိတ် (Burmese script)
ચિત્ (Gujarati script)
ਚਿਤ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌚𑌿𑌤𑍍 (Grantha script)
ꦕꦶꦠ꧀ (Javanese script)
𑂒𑂱𑂞𑂹 (Kaithi script)
ಚಿತ್ (Kannada script)
ចិត៑ (Khmer script)
ຈິຕ຺ (Lao script)
ചിത് (Malayalam script)
ᢜᡳᢠ (Manchu script)
𑘓𑘱𑘝𑘿 (Modi script)
ᢋᠢᢐ (Mongolian script)
𑦳𑧒𑦽𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
𑐔𑐶𑐟𑑂 (Newa script)
ଚିତ୍ (Odia script)
ꢗꢶꢡ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆖𑆴𑆠𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖓𑖰𑖝𑖿 (Siddham script)
චිත් (Sinhalese script)
𑩡𑩑𑩫 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
𑚏𑚮𑚙𑚶 (Takri script)
சித் (Tamil script)
చిత్ (Telugu script)
จิตฺ (Thai script)
ཙི་ཏ྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒔𑒱𑒞𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
𑨣𑨁𑨙𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕit/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕit̪/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *kʷeyt- (“to perceive, observe”), t-extension of *kʷey- (whence चि (ci, “to observe”)).

Alternative forms

चेत् (cet)

Root

चित् • (cit)^[1]

to perceive, fix the mind upon, attend to, be attentive
to observe, take notice of
to aim at, intend, design
to be anxious about, care for
to resolve
to understand, comprehend, know

Derived terms

Primary verbal forms

चेत॑ति (cétati, present)
चे॒ति॒ष्यति॑ (cetiṣyáti, future)
चे॒ति॒ता (cetitā́, periphrastic future)
अचै॑त् (ácait, aorist)
चि॒केत॑ (cikéta, perfect)

Secondary forms

अचे॑ति (áceti, passive aorist)
चे॒तय॑ति (cetáyati, causative)
चि॒तय॑ति (citáyati, causative)
चिकि॑त्सति (cíkitsati, desiderative)
चेकि॑ते (cékite, intensive)

Non-finite forms

चि॒त्त (cittá, past participle)
चित्त्वा (cittvā, gerund)
चेतयितव्य (cetayitavya, causative gerundive)

Derived nominal forms

केत॑ (kéta)
के॒तु (ketú)
चि॒कि॒तु (cikitú)
चि॒कि॒त्वित् (cikitvít)
चिकित्सा (cikitsā, “the practice of medicine”)
चित् (cít)
चित्ति (cítti, “thinking, understanding”)
चि॒त्तिन् (cittín)
चि॒त्र (citrá)
चेत॑न (cétana)
चेतना (cetanā)
चेत॑स् (cétas)
चेति॑ष्ठ (cétiṣṭha)
चेत्तृ॑ (céttṛ)

Prefixed root forms

आचित् (ācit)
प्रचित् (pracit)
विचित् (vicit)
संचित् (saṃcit)

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root चित् (0 c, 3 e)

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root चित् (8 c, 0 e)

Noun

चित् • (cít) stem, f ^[2]

thought, intellect, spirit, soul

Declension

Feminine root-stem declension of चित्
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	चित् (cít)	चितौ॑ (cítau) चिता॑¹ (cítā¹)	चितः॑ (cítaḥ)
accusative	चित॑म् (cítam)	चितौ॑ (cítau) चिता॑¹ (cítā¹)	चितः॑ (cítaḥ)
instrumental	चि॒ता (citā́)	चि॒द्भ्याम् (cidbhyā́m)	चि॒द्भिः (cidbhíḥ)
dative	चि॒ते (cité)	चि॒द्भ्याम् (cidbhyā́m)	चि॒द्भ्यः (cidbhyáḥ)
ablative	चि॒तः (citáḥ)	चि॒द्भ्याम् (cidbhyā́m)	चि॒द्भ्यः (cidbhyáḥ)
genitive	चि॒तः (citáḥ)	चि॒तोः (citóḥ)	चि॒ताम् (citā́m)
locative	चि॒ति (cití)	चि॒तोः (citóḥ)	चि॒त्सु (citsú)
vocative	चित् (cít)	चितौ॑ (cítau) चिता॑¹ (cítā¹)	चितः॑ (cítaḥ)

¹Vedic

References

^ Monier Williams (1899), “चित्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 395, column 2.
^ Monier Williams (1899), “चित्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 395, column 3.

Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “चित्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
William Dwight Whitney (1885), The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 47

Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “चित्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 547-549

Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006), The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 327
Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 382
Pokorny, Julius (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume II, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 636

Etymology 2

Particle

चित् • (cit)

alternative form of चिद् (cid)