سیتا

Urdu

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit सीता (sītā). First attested in c. 1700 as Middle Hindi سیتا (syta /⁠sītā⁠/).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /siː.t̪ɑː/
• Hyphenation: سِی‧تا
• Rhymes: -ɑ

Proper noun

سِیتا • (sītā) f (Hindi spelling सीता)

1. (Hinduism) Sita
2. a female given name, Sita, from Sanskrit, of Hindu usage

Derived terms

• سِیتا پَھل (sītā phal, “custard apple, sugar apple”)

Further reading

• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “سيتا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 394
• “سیتا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “سيتا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 709