# चित्
## Sanskrit
### 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: /t͡ɕit/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /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)
* to perceive, fix the mind upon, attend to, be attentive
* to observe, take notice of
* to aim at, intend, design
* to be anxious about, care for
* to resolve
* to understand, comprehend, know

##### Derived terms
###### 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]‎ (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
* thought, intellect, spirit, soul

##### Declension
#### 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)
* Alternative form of चिद् (cid)