चिन्ता
Hindi
Pronunciation
- (Standard Hindi) IPA(key): /t͡ʃɪn.t̪ɑː/, [t͡ʃɪ̃n̪.t̪äː]
Noun
चिन्ता • (cintā) f (Urdu spelling چِنْتا)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | चिन्ता cintā |
चिन्ताएँ cintāẽ |
| oblique | चिन्ता cintā |
चिन्ताओं cintāõ |
| vocative | चिन्ता cintā |
चिन्ताओ cintāo |
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- চিন্তা (Assamese script)
- ᬘᬶᬦ᭄ᬢᬵ (Balinese script)
- চিন্তা (Bengali script)
- 𑰓𑰰𑰡𑰿𑰝𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀘𑀺𑀦𑁆𑀢𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- စိန္တာ (Burmese script)
- ચિન્તા (Gujarati script)
- ਚਿਨ੍ਤਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌚𑌿𑌨𑍍𑌤𑌾 (Grantha script)
- ꦕꦶꦤ꧀ꦠꦴ (Javanese script)
- 𑂒𑂱𑂢𑂹𑂞𑂰 (Kaithi script)
- ಚಿನ್ತಾ (Kannada script)
- ចិន្តា (Khmer script)
- ຈິນ຺ຕາ (Lao script)
- ചിന്താ (Malayalam script)
- ᢜᡳᠨᢠᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- 𑘓𑘱𑘡𑘿𑘝𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᢋᠢᠨᢐᠠ᠋ᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦳𑧒𑧁𑧠𑦽𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐔𑐶𑐣𑑂𑐟𑐵 (Newa script)
- ଚିନ୍ତା (Odia script)
- ꢗꢶꢥ꣄ꢡꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆖𑆴𑆤𑇀𑆠𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖓𑖰𑖡𑖿𑖝𑖯 (Siddham script)
- චින්තා (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩡𑩑𑩯 𑪙𑩫𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚏𑚮𑚝𑚶𑚙𑚭 (Takri script)
- சிந்தா (Tamil script)
- చిన్తా (Telugu script)
- จินฺตา (Thai script)
- ཙི་ནྟཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒔𑒱𑒢𑓂𑒞𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨣𑨁𑨝𑩇𑨙𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From the root चिन्त् (cint, “to think, worry”) + -आ (-ā).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /t͡ɕin.tɑː/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /t͡ɕin̪.t̪ɑː/
Noun
चिन्ता • (cintā) stem, f
- thinking, thought, consideration, reflection
- sad or sorrowful thought, anxiety, worry, care
- c. 340 BCE, Cāṇakya:
- का चिन्ता मम जीवने यदि हरिर् विश्वंभरो गीयते नो चेद् अर्भकजीवनाय जननीस्तन्यं कथं निर्ममे ।
इत्य् आलोच्य मुहुर्मुहुर् यदुपते लक्ष्मीपते केवलं त्वत्पादाम्बुजसेवनेन सततं कालो मया नीयते ॥- kā cintā mama jīvane yadi harir viśvaṃbharo gīyate no ced arbhakajīvanāya jananīstanyaṃ kathaṃ nirmame.
ity ālocya muhurmuhur yadupate lakṣmīpate kevalaṃ tvatpādāmbujasevanena satataṃ kālo mayā nīyate. - What worry is my life if I praise Hari, the sustainer of everything – or else how would milk come from the mother's breast for the survival of the infant?
Having observed thus, O best among the Yadus, O husband of Lakṣmī, only by worshipping Your lotus feet I continually pass my time.
- kā cintā mama jīvane yadi harir viśvaṃbharo gīyate no ced arbhakajīvanāya jananīstanyaṃ kathaṃ nirmame.
- का चिन्ता मम जीवने यदि हरिर् विश्वंभरो गीयते नो चेद् अर्भकजीवनाय जननीस्तन्यं कथं निर्ममे ।
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | चिन्ता (cintā) | चिन्ते (cinte) | चिन्ताः (cintāḥ) |
| accusative | चिन्ताम् (cintām) | चिन्ते (cinte) | चिन्ताः (cintāḥ) |
| instrumental | चिन्तया (cintayā) चिन्ता¹ (cintā¹) |
चिन्ताभ्याम् (cintābhyām) | चिन्ताभिः (cintābhiḥ) |
| dative | चिन्तायै (cintāyai) | चिन्ताभ्याम् (cintābhyām) | चिन्ताभ्यः (cintābhyaḥ) |
| ablative | चिन्तायाः (cintāyāḥ) चिन्तायै² (cintāyai²) |
चिन्ताभ्याम् (cintābhyām) | चिन्ताभ्यः (cintābhyaḥ) |
| genitive | चिन्तायाः (cintāyāḥ) चिन्तायै² (cintāyai²) |
चिन्तयोः (cintayoḥ) | चिन्तानाम् (cintānām) |
| locative | चिन्तायाम् (cintāyām) | चिन्तयोः (cintayoḥ) | चिन्तासु (cintāsu) |
| vocative | चिन्ते (cinte) | चिन्ते (cinte) | चिन्ताः (cintāḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
- ²Brāhmaṇas
Descendants
- Pali: cintā
- Prakrit: 𑀘𑀺𑀁𑀢𑀸 (ciṃtā)
- ⇒ Punjabi: ਚਿੰਦਾ (cindā)
- → Bengali: চিন্তা (cinta)
- → Early Assamese: চিন্তা (cinta)
- Assamese: চিন্তা (sinta)
- → Gujarati: ચિંતા (cintā)
- → Hindustani: cintā
- → Marathi: चिंता (cintā)
- → Telugu: చింత (cinta)
- → Kannada: ಚಿಂತೆ (cinte)
- → Malay: cinta
- → Malayalam: ചിന്ത (cinta)
- → Tamil: சிந்தை (cintai)
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899), “चिन्ता”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 398.
- Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890), “चिन्ता”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 710
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “cintā́”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 261