gīta

See also: Appendix:Variations of "gita"

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀕𑀻𑀢 (Brahmi script)
• गीत (Devanagari script)
• গীত (Bengali script)
• ගීත (Sinhalese script)
• ဂီတ or ဂဳတ or ၷီတ (Burmese script)
• คีต or คีตะ (Thai script)
• ᨣᩦᨲ (Tai Tham script)
• ຄີຕ or ຄີຕະ (Lao script)
• គីត (Khmer script)
• 𑄉𑄩𑄖 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit गीत (gīta).

Noun

gīta n

1. song

Declension

Declension table of "gīta" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	gītaṃ	gītāni
Accusative (second)	gītaṃ	gītāni
Instrumental (third)	gītena	gītehi or gītebhi
Dative (fourth)	gītassa or gītāya or gītatthaṃ	gītānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	gītasmā or gītamhā or gītā	gītehi or gītebhi
Genitive (sixth)	gītassa	gītānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	gītasmiṃ or gītamhi or gīte	gītesu
Vocative (calling)	gīta	gītāni

Descendants

• → Burmese: ဂီတ (gita.)
• → Thai: คีต (kîit), คีตะ (kii-dtà)

Further reading

• Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “gīta”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead