चिन्ता

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɪn.t̪ɑː/, [t͡ʃɪ̃n̪.t̪äː]

Noun

चिन्ता • (cintā) f (Urdu spelling چِنْتا)

1. Alternative spelling of चिंता (cintā, “worry”)

Declension

Declension of चिन्ता (fem ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	चिन्ता cintā	चिन्ताएँ cintāẽ
oblique	चिन्ता cintā	चिन्ताओं cintāõ
vocative	चिन्ता cintā	चिन्ताओ cintāo

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• চিন্তা (Assamese script)
• ᬘᬶᬦ᭄ᬢᬵ (Balinese script)
• চিন্তা (Bengali script)
• 𑰓𑰰𑰡𑰿𑰝𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀘𑀺𑀦𑁆𑀢𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• စိန္တာ (Burmese script)
• ચિન્તા (Gujarati script)
• ਚਿਨ੍ਤਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌚𑌿𑌨𑍍𑌤𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦕꦶꦤ꧀ꦠꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂒𑂱𑂢𑂹𑂞𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಚಿನ್ತಾ (Kannada script)
• ចិន្តា (Khmer script)
• ຈິນ຺ຕາ (Lao script)
• ചിന്താ (Malayalam script)
• ᢜᡳᠨᢠᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘓𑘱𑘡𑘿𑘝𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᢋᠢᠨᢐᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦳𑧒𑧁𑧠𑦽𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐔𑐶𑐣𑑂𑐟𑐵 (Newa script)
• ଚିନ୍ତା (Odia script)
• ꢗꢶꢥ꣄ꢡꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆖𑆴𑆤𑇀𑆠𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖓𑖰𑖡𑖿𑖝𑖯 (Siddham script)
• චින‍්තා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩡𑩑𑩯 𑪙𑩫𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚏𑚮𑚝𑚶𑚙𑚭 (Takri script)
• சிந்தா (Tamil script)
• చిన్తా (Telugu script)
• จินฺตา (Thai script)
• ཙི་ནྟཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒔𑒱𑒢𑓂𑒞𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨣𑨁𑨝𑩇𑨙𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From चिन्त् (cint, “to think, worry”, root) +‎ -आ (-ā).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕin.tɑ́ː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕin̪.t̪ɑː/

Noun

चिन्ता • (cintā́) stem, f

1. thinking, thought
2. sad or sorrowful thought, care, anxiety, worry
3. reflection, consideration; uneasiness, apprehension
4. (rhetoric) anxiety, considered as one of the 33 subordinate feelings

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of चिन्ता

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	चिन्ता (cintā́)	चिन्ते (cinté)	चिन्ताः (cintā́ḥ)
vocative	चिन्ते (cínte)	चिन्ते (cínte)	चिन्ताः (cíntāḥ)
accusative	चिन्ताम् (cintā́m)	चिन्ते (cinté)	चिन्ताः (cintā́ḥ)
instrumental	चिन्तया (cintáyā) चिन्ता¹ (cintā́¹)	चिन्ताभ्याम् (cintā́bhyām)	चिन्ताभिः (cintā́bhiḥ)
dative	चिन्तायै (cintā́yai)	चिन्ताभ्याम् (cintā́bhyām)	चिन्ताभ्यः (cintā́bhyaḥ)
ablative	चिन्तायाः (cintā́yāḥ) चिन्तायै² (cintā́yai²)	चिन्ताभ्याम् (cintā́bhyām)	चिन्ताभ्यः (cintā́bhyaḥ)
genitive	चिन्तायाः (cintā́yāḥ) चिन्तायै² (cintā́yai²)	चिन्तयोः (cintáyoḥ)	चिन्तानाम् (cintā́nām)
locative	चिन्तायाम् (cintā́yām)	चिन्तयोः (cintáyoḥ)	चिन्तासु (cintā́su)

• ¹Vedic
• ²Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

• Pali: cintā
• Prakrit: 𑀘𑀺𑀁𑀢𑀸 (ciṃtā)
• Kannada: ಚಿಂತೆ (cinte)
• Punjabi: ਚਿੰਦਾ (cindā)
• → Bengali: চিন্তা (cinta) (learned)
• → Early Assamese: চিন্তা (cinta) (learned)
  • Assamese: চিন্তা (sinta)
• → Gujarati: ચિંતા (cintā) (learned)
• → Hindustani: cintā (learned)

  Hindi: चिंता

  Urdu: چِنْتا (cintā)

• → Marathi: चिंता (cintā) (learned)
• → Telugu: చింత (cinta) (learned)
• → Tamil: சிந்தை (cintai), சிந்தனை (cintaṉai)
• Malay: cinta
  • Indonesian: cinta
  • Tagalog: sinta

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “चिन्ता”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 398.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “चिन्ता”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “cintāˊ”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press