चित्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• চিত্ (Assamese script)
• ᬘᬶᬢ᭄ (Balinese script)
• চিত্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰓𑰰𑰝𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀘𑀺𑀢𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• စိတ် (Burmese script)
• ચિત્ (Gujarati script)
• ਚਿਤ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌚𑌿𑌤𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦕꦶꦠ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂒𑂱𑂞𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಚಿತ್ (Kannada script)
• ចិត៑ (Khmer script)
• ຈິຕ຺ (Lao script)
• ചിത് (Malayalam script)
• ᢜᡳᢠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘓𑘱𑘝𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᢋᠢᢐ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦳𑧒𑦽𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐔𑐶𑐟𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଚିତ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢗꢶꢡ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆖𑆴𑆠𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖓𑖰𑖝𑖿 (Siddham script)
• චිත් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩡𑩑𑩫 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚏𑚮𑚙𑚶 (Takri script)
• சித் (Tamil script)
• చిత్ (Telugu script)
• จิตฺ (Thai script)
• ཙི་ཏ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒔𑒱𑒞𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨣𑨁𑨙𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕit/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕit̪/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *kʷeyt- (“to perceive, observe”), t-extension of *kʷey- (whence चि (ci, “to observe”)).

Alternative forms

• चेत् (cet)

Root

चित् • (cit)

1. to perceive, fix the mind upon, attend to, be attentive
2. to observe, take notice of
3. to aim at, intend, design
4. to be anxious about, care for
5. to resolve
6. to understand, comprehend, know

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root चित् (0 c, 1 e)

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root चित् (6 c, 0 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

• चेतति (cétati, Present)
• चेतिष्यति (cetiṣyáti, Future)
• चेतिता (cetitā́, Periphrastic Future)
• अचैत् (ácait, Aorist)
• चिकेत (cikéta, Perfect)

Secondary Forms

• अचेति (áceti, Passive Aorist)
• चेतयति (cetáyati, Causative)
• चितयति (citáyati, Causative)
• चिकित्सति (cíkitsati, Desiderative)
• चेकिते (cékite, Intensive)

Non-Finite Forms

• चित्त (cittá, Past Participle)
• चित्त्वा (cittvā, Gerund)
• चेतयितव्य (cetayitavya, Causative Gerundive)

Derived Nominal Forms

• केत (kéta)
• केतु (ketú)
• चिकितु (cikitú)
• चिकित्वित् (cikitvít)
• चिकित्सा (cikitsā, “the practice of medicine”)
• चित् (cít)
• चित्ति (cítti, “thinking, understanding”)
• चित्तिन् (cittín)
• चित्र (citrá)
• चेतन (cétana)
• चेतना (cetanā)
• चेतस् (cétas)
• चेतिष्ठ (cétiṣṭha)
• चेत्तृ (céttṛ)

Prefixed Root Forms

• आचित् (ācit)
• प्रचित् (pracit)
• विचित् (vicit)
• संचित् (saṃcit)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “चित्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 395, column 2.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “चित्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 47
• Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “चित्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 547-549

• Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 327
• Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 382
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) “636”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 636

Etymology 2

Related to 'Etymology 1'.

Noun

चित् • (cít) stem, f

1. thought, intellect, spirit, soul

Declension

Feminine root-stem declension of चित् (cít)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	चित् cít	चितौ / चिता¹ cítau / cítā¹	चितः cítaḥ
Vocative	चित् cít	चितौ / चिता¹ cítau / cítā¹	चितः cítaḥ
Accusative	चितम् cítam	चितौ / चिता¹ cítau / cítā¹	चितः cítaḥ
Instrumental	चिता citā́	चिद्भ्याम् cidbhyā́m	चिद्भिः cidbhíḥ
Dative	चिते cité	चिद्भ्याम् cidbhyā́m	चिद्भ्यः cidbhyáḥ
Ablative	चितः citáḥ	चिद्भ्याम् cidbhyā́m	चिद्भ्यः cidbhyáḥ
Genitive	चितः citáḥ	चितोः citóḥ	चिताम् citā́m
Locative	चिति cití	चितोः citóḥ	चित्सु citsú
Notes	¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “चित्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 395, column 3.

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adverb

चित् • (cit)

1. Alternative form of चिद् (cid)