कीट

See also: कोटि, कांटा, काँटा, and कौट

Hindi

Etymology 1

Noun

कीट • (kīṭ) m (Urdu spelling کیٹ)

1. insect

   Synonym: कीड़ा (kīṛā)

Declension

Declension of कीट (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	कीट kīṭ	कीट kīṭ
oblique	कीट kīṭ	कीटों kīṭõ
vocative	कीट kīṭ	कीटो kīṭo

Etymology 2

Noun

कीट • (kīṭ) m (Urdu spelling کیٹ)

1. sediment, dregs

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. Perhaps from original *kīr-tá- and thus somehow related to कृमि॑ (kṛ́mi, “worm”).

Unrelated to Ancient Greek κίς (kís, “weevil”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kiː.ʈɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /kiː.ʈɐ/

Noun

की॒ट • (kīṭá) stem, m

1. a worm, insect

   Synonym: कृमि॑ (kṛ́mi, “worm”)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of कीट

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	कीटः (kīṭáḥ)	कीटौ (kīṭaú) कीटा¹ (kīṭā́¹)	कीटाः (kīṭā́ḥ) कीटासः¹ (kīṭā́saḥ¹)
vocative	कीट (kī́ṭa)	कीटौ (kī́ṭau) कीटा¹ (kī́ṭā¹)	कीटाः (kī́ṭāḥ) कीटासः¹ (kī́ṭāsaḥ¹)
accusative	कीटम् (kīṭám)	कीटौ (kīṭaú) कीटा¹ (kīṭā́¹)	कीटान् (kīṭā́n)
instrumental	कीटेन (kīṭéna)	कीटाभ्याम् (kīṭā́bhyām)	कीटैः (kīṭaíḥ) कीटेभिः¹ (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)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

• Pali: kīṭa
• Prakrit: 𑀓𑀻𑀟 (kīḍa) (see there for further descendants)

Borrowed terms

• → Hindi: कीट (kīṭ)
• → Telugu: కీటము (kīṭamu)
• → Thai: กีฏ (gii-dtà-)

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.