गीत

See also: गति, गीता, and गते

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit गीत (gītá).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɡiːt̪/
• Rhymes: -iːt̪

Noun

गीत • (gīt) m (Urdu spelling گیت)

1. song

   Synonym: गाना (gānā)

Declension

Declension of गीत (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	गीत gīt	गीत gīt
oblique	गीत gīt	गीतों gītõ
vocative	गीत gīt	गीतो gīto

Synonyms

• गीता (gītā)

Nepali

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡit̪]
• Phonetic Devanagari: गित्

Noun

गीत • (gīt)

1. song

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• gīta (Latin script)
• 𑀕𑀻𑀢 (Brahmi 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)

Noun

गीत n

1. Devanagari script form of gīta (“song”)

Declension

Declension table of "गीत" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	गीतं (gītaṃ)	गीतानि (gītāni)
Accusative (second)	गीतं (gītaṃ)	गीतानि (gītāni)
Instrumental (third)	गीतेन (gītena)	गीतेहि (gītehi) or गीतेभि (gītebhi)
Dative (fourth)	गीतस्स (gītassa) or गीताय (gītāya) or गीतत्थं (gītatthaṃ)	गीतानं (gītānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	गीतस्मा (gītasmā) or गीतम्हा (gītamhā) or गीता (gītā)	गीतेहि (gītehi) or गीतेभि (gītebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	गीतस्स (gītassa)	गीतानं (gītānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	गीतस्मिं (gītasmiṃ) or गीतम्हि (gītamhi) or गीते (gīte)	गीतेसु (gītesu)
Vocative (calling)	गीत (gīta)	गीतानि (gītāni)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• গীত (Assamese script)
• ᬕᬷᬢ (Balinese script)
• গীত (Bengali script)
• 𑰐𑰱𑰝 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀕𑀻𑀢 (Brahmi script)
• ဂီတ (Burmese script)
• ગીત (Gujarati script)
• ਗੀਤ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌗𑍀𑌤 (Grantha script)
• ꦒꦷꦠ (Javanese script)
• 𑂏𑂲𑂞 (Kaithi script)
• ಗೀತ (Kannada script)
• គីត (Khmer script)
• ຄີຕ (Lao script)
• ഗീത (Malayalam script)
• ᡤᡳᡳᢠᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘐𑘲𑘝 (Modi script)
• ᠺᠢᠢᢐᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦰𑧓𑦽 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐐𑐷𑐟 (Newa script)
• ଗୀତ (Odia script)
• ꢔꢷꢡ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆓𑆵𑆠 (Sharada script)
• 𑖐𑖱𑖝 (Siddham script)
• ගීත (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩞𑩑𑩛𑩫 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚌𑚯𑚙 (Takri script)
• கீ³த (Tamil script)
• గీత (Telugu script)
• คีต (Thai script)
• གཱི་ཏ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒑𑒲𑒞 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨍𑨁𑨊𑨙 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *giHtás, Proto-Indo-European *g⁽ʷ⁾iH-tós, from *g⁽ʷ⁾eH (“to sing, cry”). The Sanskrit root is गै (gai).

Cognate with Avestan 𐬔𐬁𐬚𐬁 (gāθā, “form of strophe, metre, namely the collections of Zarathustra's songs, the Gathas”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɡiː.tɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɡiː.t̪ɐ/

Adjective

गीत • (gītá)

1. sung, chanted
2. praised in song

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of गीत

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	गीतः (gītáḥ)	गीतौ (gītaú) गीता¹ (gītā́¹)	गीताः (gītā́ḥ) गीतासः¹ (gītā́saḥ¹)
vocative	गीत (gī́ta)	गीतौ (gī́tau) गीता¹ (gī́tā¹)	गीताः (gī́tāḥ) गीतासः¹ (gī́tāsaḥ¹)
accusative	गीतम् (gītám)	गीतौ (gītaú) गीता¹ (gītā́¹)	गीतान् (gītā́n)
instrumental	गीतेन (gīténa)	गीताभ्याम् (gītā́bhyām)	गीतैः (gītaíḥ) गीतेभिः¹ (gītébhiḥ¹)
dative	गीताय (gītā́ya)	गीताभ्याम् (gītā́bhyām)	गीतेभ्यः (gītébhyaḥ)
ablative	गीतात् (gītā́t)	गीताभ्याम् (gītā́bhyām)	गीतेभ्यः (gītébhyaḥ)
genitive	गीतस्य (gītásya)	गीतयोः (gītáyoḥ)	गीतानाम् (gītā́nām)
locative	गीते (gīté)	गीतयोः (gītáyoḥ)	गीतेषु (gītéṣu)

• ¹Vedic

Feminine ā-stem declension of गीता

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	गीता (gītā́)	गीते (gīté)	गीताः (gītā́ḥ)
vocative	गीते (gī́te)	गीते (gī́te)	गीताः (gī́tāḥ)
accusative	गीताम् (gītā́m)	गीते (gīté)	गीताः (gītā́ḥ)
instrumental	गीतया (gītáyā) गीता¹ (gītā́¹)	गीताभ्याम् (gītā́bhyām)	गीताभिः (gītā́bhiḥ)
dative	गीतायै (gītā́yai)	गीताभ्याम् (gītā́bhyām)	गीताभ्यः (gītā́bhyaḥ)
ablative	गीतायाः (gītā́yāḥ) गीतायै² (gītā́yai²)	गीताभ्याम् (gītā́bhyām)	गीताभ्यः (gītā́bhyaḥ)
genitive	गीतायाः (gītā́yāḥ) गीतायै² (gītā́yai²)	गीतयोः (gītáyoḥ)	गीतानाम् (gītā́nām)
locative	गीतायाम् (gītā́yām)	गीतयोः (gītáyoḥ)	गीतासु (gītā́su)

• ¹Vedic
• ²Brāhmaṇas

Neuter a-stem declension of गीत

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	गीतम् (gītám)	गीते (gīté)	गीतानि (gītā́ni) गीता¹ (gītā́¹)
vocative	गीत (gī́ta)	गीते (gī́te)	गीतानि (gī́tāni) गीता¹ (gī́tā¹)
accusative	गीतम् (gītám)	गीते (gīté)	गीतानि (gītā́ni) गीता¹ (gītā́¹)
instrumental	गीतेन (gīténa)	गीताभ्याम् (gītā́bhyām)	गीतैः (gītaíḥ) गीतेभिः¹ (gītébhiḥ¹)
dative	गीताय (gītā́ya)	गीताभ्याम् (gītā́bhyām)	गीतेभ्यः (gītébhyaḥ)
ablative	गीतात् (gītā́t)	गीताभ्याम् (gītā́bhyām)	गीतेभ्यः (gītébhyaḥ)
genitive	गीतस्य (gītásya)	गीतयोः (gītáyoḥ)	गीतानाम् (gītā́nām)
locative	गीते (gīté)	गीतयोः (gītáyoḥ)	गीतेषु (gītéṣu)

• ¹Vedic

Noun

गीत • (gītá) stem, n

1. singing, song

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of गीत

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	गीतम् (gītám)	गीते (gīté)	गीतानि (gītā́ni) गीता¹ (gītā́¹)
vocative	गीत (gī́ta)	गीते (gī́te)	गीतानि (gī́tāni) गीता¹ (gī́tā¹)
accusative	गीतम् (gītám)	गीते (gīté)	गीतानि (gītā́ni) गीता¹ (gītā́¹)
instrumental	गीतेन (gīténa)	गीताभ्याम् (gītā́bhyām)	गीतैः (gītaíḥ) गीतेभिः¹ (gītébhiḥ¹)
dative	गीताय (gītā́ya)	गीताभ्याम् (gītā́bhyām)	गीतेभ्यः (gītébhyaḥ)
ablative	गीतात् (gītā́t)	गीताभ्याम् (gītā́bhyām)	गीतेभ्यः (gītébhyaḥ)
genitive	गीतस्य (gītásya)	गीतयोः (gītáyoḥ)	गीतानाम् (gītā́nām)
locative	गीते (gīté)	गीतयोः (gītáyoḥ)	गीतेषु (gītéṣu)

• ¹Vedic

Derived terms

• संगीत (saṃgīta)

Descendants

• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: गीत (gīt), गीता (gītā)

  Urdu: گیت (git), گیتا (gita)

• → Malayalam: ഗീതം (gītaṁ)
• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀕𑀻𑀅 (gīa)
• Odia: ଗୀତ (gita)
• Pali: gīta
  • → Burmese: ဂီတ (gita.)
  • → Thai: คีต (kîit), คีตะ (kii-dtà)
• Punjabi: ਗੀਤ (gīt)
• → Tamil: கீதம் (kītam)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “गीत”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 356/1.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 488