Gita

See also: Appendix:Variations of "gita"

English

Alternative forms

• Geeta

Etymology

From Sanskrit गीता (gītā, “song”), sometimes in reference to Bhagavad Gita.

Proper noun

Gita (countable and uncountable, plural Gitas)

1. A female given name from Sanskrit, used in India.
2. Short for Bhagavad Gita.
   • 2005, Lata Jagtiani, Bhagavad Gita in 365 Days: The Spiritual Essence of the Gita, New Age Books, →ISBN:

Translations

female given name

• Bengali: গীতা (bn) (gita)
• Hindi: गीता (hi) (gītā)
• Marathi: गीता (gītā)
• Punjabi: گیتا (getā), ਗੀਤਾ (gītā)
• Russian: Гита (ru) (Gita)
• Santali: ᱜᱤᱛᱟ (gita)
• Sylheti: ꠉꠤꠔꠣ (gita)
• Tamil: கீதா (kītā)
• Urdu: گیتا (getā)

See also

• Geeta
• Geta

 

Anagrams

• gait, taig

Czech

Etymology

Shortened from Brigita, also from Margita. Related to Danish Gitte.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡɪta]

Proper noun

Gita f

1. a female given name

Declension

Declension of Gita (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	Gita	Gity
genitive	Gity	Git
dative	Gitě	Gitám
accusative	Gitu	Gity
vocative	Gito	Gity
locative	Gitě	Gitách
instrumental	Gitou	Gitami

Estonian

Etymology

Shortened from Birgit. Related to Danish Gitte.

Proper noun

Gita (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

1. a female given name

Latvian

Etymology

First recorded as a given name of Latvians during 1859 - 1875 . Short form of Brigita (“Bridget”) and Margita (“Margaret”).

Proper noun

Gita f

1. a female given name

References

• Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
• [1] Population Register of Latvia: Gita was the only given name of 2836 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.