# छिद्
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* ছিদ্ (Assamese script)
* ᬙᬶᬤ᭄ (Balinese script)
* ছিদ্ (Bengali script)
* 𑰔𑰰𑰟𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀙𑀺𑀤𑁆 (Brahmi script)
* ဆိဒ် (Burmese script)
* છિદ્ (Gujarati script)
* ਛਿਦ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌛𑌿𑌦𑍍 (Grantha script)
* ꦖꦶꦢ꧀ (Javanese script)
* 𑂓𑂱𑂠𑂹 (Kaithi script)
* ಛಿದ್ (Kannada script)
* ឆិទ៑ (Khmer script)
* ຉິທ຺ (Lao script)
* ഛിദ് (Malayalam script)
* ᡮᡳᡩ (Manchu script)
* 𑘔𑘱𑘟𑘿 (Modi script)
* ᠼᠢᢑ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦴𑧒𑦿𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐕𑐶𑐡𑑂 (Newa script)
* ଛିଦ୍ (Odia script)
* ꢘꢶꢣ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆗𑆴𑆢𑇀 (Sharada script)
* 𑖔𑖰𑖟𑖿 (Siddham script)
* ඡිද් (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩢𑩑𑩭 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚐𑚮𑚛𑚶 (Takri script)
* சி²த்³ (Tamil script)
* ఛిద్ (Telugu script)
* ฉิทฺ (Thai script)
* ཚི་ད྄ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒕𑒱𑒠𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨤𑨁𑨛𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *skeyd- (“to split, divide”). Cognate with schism and shit.

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /t͡ɕʰid/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /t͡ɕʰid̪/

### Root

छिद् • (chid)
* to cut off, amputate, cut through, hew, chop, split, pierce
* to divide, separate from
* to destroy, annihilate, efface, blot out
* (mathematics) to divide
* (passive voice) to be split or cut, break
* (causative) to cut off; to cause to cut off or through

#### Derived terms
##### Primary Verbal Forms

* छिनत्ति (chinátti, Present)
* छेत्स्यति (chetsyáti, Future)
* छेत्ता (chettā́, Periphrastic Future)
* अच्छिदत् (ácchidat, Aorist)
* अच्छैत्सीत् (ácchaitsīt, Aorist)
* अच्छेत् (ácchet, Aorist)
* छिद्यात् (chidyā́t, Benedictive)
* चिच्छेद (cicchéda, Perfect)

##### Secondary Forms

* छिद्यते (chidyáte, Passive)
* अच्छेदि (ácchedi, Passive Aorist)
* छेदयति (chedayati, Causative)
* अचिच्छिदत् (ácicchidat, Causative Aorist)
* चिच्छित्सति (cicchitsati, Desiderative)
* चेच्छिदीति (cecchidīti, Intensive)
* चेच्छिद्यते (cecchidyate, Intensive)

##### Non-Finite Forms

* छिन्न (chinná, Past Participle)
* छेत्तुम् (chettum, Infinitive)
* छेत्तवै (chettavaí, Infinitive)
* छित्त्वा (chittvā́, Gerund)
* छिद्य (chídya, Gerund)
* छेद्य (chedya, Gerundive)
* छेत्तव्य (chettavya, Gerundive)
* छेदनीय (chedanīya, Gerundive)
* चिच्छित्सु (cicchitsu, Desiderative Participle)

##### Derived Nominal Forms

* छित्ति (chitti)
* छिद् (chid)
* छिदा (chidā)
* छिदुर (chidura)
* छिद्र (chidrá)
* छेत्तृ (chettṛ)
* छेद (cheda)
* छेदक (chedaka)
* छेदन (chedana)
* छेदिन् (chedin)

##### Prefixed Root Forms

* अपच्छिद् (apacchid)
* अवच्छिद् (avacchid)
* आच्छिद् (ācchid)
* उच्छिद् (ucchid)
* परिच्छिद् (paricchid)
* प्रच्छिद् (pracchid)
* प्रतिच्छिद् (praticchid)
* विच्छिद् (vicchid)
* व्यवच्छिद् (vyavacchid)
* संछिद् (saṃchid)
* समुच्छिद् (samucchid)

### Adjective

छिद् • (chid) stem
* cutting, cutting off, cutting through, splitting, piercing
* destroying, annihilating, removing

#### Declension
### Noun

छिद् • (chid) stem, m
* (mathematics) the divisor, denominator

### Noun

छिद् • (chid) stem, f
* the cutting off
* annihilation

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “छिद्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 406.
* William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 50
* Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “chid”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.