समिता

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• সমিতা (Assamese script)
• ᬲᬫᬶᬢᬵ (Balinese script)
• সমিতা (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰦𑰰𑰝𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑀫𑀺𑀢𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• သမိတာ (Burmese script)
• સમિતા (Gujarati script)
• ਸਮਿਤਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌸𑌮𑌿𑌤𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦱꦩꦶꦠꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂮𑂧𑂱𑂞𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಸಮಿತಾ (Kannada script)
• សមិតា (Khmer script)
• ສມິຕາ (Lao script)
• സമിതാ (Malayalam script)
• ᠰᠠᠮᡳᢠᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘭𑘦𑘱𑘝𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠰᠠᠮᠢᢐᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧍𑧆𑧒𑦽𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑐩𑐶𑐟𑐵 (Newa script)
• ସମିତା (Odia script)
• ꢱꢪꢶꢡꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑆩𑆴𑆠𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖦𑖰𑖝𑖯 (Siddham script)
• සමිතා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪁𑩴𑩑𑩫𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚨𑚢𑚮𑚙𑚭 (Takri script)
• ஸமிதா (Tamil script)
• సమితా (Telugu script)
• สมิตา (Thai script)
• ས་མི་ཏཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑒧𑒱𑒞𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨰𑨢𑨁𑨙𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

A Wanderwort, related to Aramaic סְמִידָא / ܣܡܻܝܕܳܐ (səmīḏā), from Akkadian 𒆠𒅔𒆠𒅔𒄯𒄯 (/⁠samīdu⁠/, “a type of fine groats, coarse flour, semolina”), related to Akkadian 𒀀𒊏𒄯𒄯 (/⁠samādu⁠/, “to grind fine”). Cognate with Latin simila, Proto-West Germanic *similā, Ancient Greek σεμῐ́δᾱλῐς (semĭ́dālĭs), Arabic سَمِيذ (samīḏ), and Classical Persian سَمِد (samid). Doublet of समीदा (samīdā), शमिता (śamitā), and (late Sanskrit) सेविका (sevikā).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /s̪ɐ.mi.t̪ɑː/

Noun

समिता • (samitā) stem, f

1. wheat-flour

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of समिता

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	समिता (samitā)	समिते (samite)	समिताः (samitāḥ)
vocative	समिते (samite)	समिते (samite)	समिताः (samitāḥ)
accusative	समिताम् (samitām)	समिते (samite)	समिताः (samitāḥ)
instrumental	समितया (samitayā)	समिताभ्याम् (samitābhyām)	समिताभिः (samitābhiḥ)
dative	समितायै (samitāyai)	समिताभ्याम् (samitābhyām)	समिताभ्यः (samitābhyaḥ)
ablative	समितायाः (samitāyāḥ)	समिताभ्याम् (samitābhyām)	समिताभ्यः (samitābhyaḥ)
genitive	समितायाः (samitāyāḥ)	समितयोः (samitayoḥ)	समितानाम् (samitānām)
locative	समितायाम् (samitāyām)	समितयोः (samitayoḥ)	समितासु (samitāsu)

Derived terms

• सामित (sāmita, “made of wheat-flour”)

Descendants

• Prakrit: समिआ (samiā, “wheat-flour”), समिअ (samia, “a confection”) (see there for further descendants)

References

• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎^[1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 438
• Monier Williams (1899) “समिता”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1164.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “śamitā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 713