# शीत
## Hindi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit शीत (śīta).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /ʃiːt̪/

### Adjective

शीत • (śīt) (indeclinable)
* cold
    Synonyms: ठंडा (ṭhaṇḍā), शीतल (śītal)
    शीत युद्ध ― śīt yuddh ― Cold War

### Noun

शीत • (śīt) m
* cold, coldness
    Synonym: ठंड (ṭhaṇḍ)
* winter, the cold season
    Synonyms: सर्दी (sardī), शिशिर (śiśir)
* cinnamon
    Synonyms: दारचीनी (dārcīnī), दालचीनी (dālcīnī)
* neem
    Synonym: नीम (nīm)
* camphor
    Synonym: कपूर (kapūr)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “शीत”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 4760
* Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “शीत”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 745
* Bahri, Hardev (1989) “शीत”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons, page 615.
* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “शीत”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 952

## Konkani
### Etymology

From Sanskrit सिक्थ (siktha).

### Noun

शीत • (śīt) (Latin script xit, Kannada script ಶೀತ್)
* cooked rice

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* শীত (Assamese script)
* ᬰᬷᬢ (Balinese script)
* শীত (Bengali script)
* 𑰫𑰱𑰝 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀰𑀻𑀢 (Brahmi script)
* ၐီတ (Burmese script)
* શીત (Gujarati script)
* ਸ਼ੀਤ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌶𑍀𑌤 (Grantha script)
* ꦯꦷꦠ (Javanese script)
* 𑂬𑂲𑂞 (Kaithi script)
* ಶೀತ (Kannada script)
* ឝីត (Khmer script)
* ຨີຕ (Lao script)
* ശീത (Malayalam script)
* ᡧᡳᡳᢠᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘫𑘲𑘝 (Modi script)
* ᠱᠢᠢᢐᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧋𑧓𑦽 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐱𑐷𑐟 (Newa script)
* ଶୀତ (Odia script)
* ꢯꢷꢡ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆯𑆵𑆠 (Sharada script)
* 𑖫𑖱𑖝 (Siddham script)
* ශීත (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩿𑩑𑩛𑩫 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚧𑚯𑚙 (Takri script)
* ஶீத (Tamil script)
* శీత (Telugu script)
* ศีต (Thai script)
* ཤཱི་ཏ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒬𑒲𑒞 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨮𑨁𑨊𑨙 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

शी (śī) +‎ -त (-ta).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ɕiː.tɐ́/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈɕiː.t̪ɐ/

### Adjective

शीत • (śīta) stem (root श्यै)
* cold, cool, chilly, frigid
* dull, apathetic, sluggish, indolent
* boiled

#### Declension
### Noun

शीत • (śīta) stem, n
* cold, coldness, cold weather
* cold water

#### Derived terms

* अनुष्णाशीत (anuṣṇāśīta)
* अभिशीत (abhiśīta)
* अभिश्यात (abhiśyāta)
* अशीत (aśīta)
* प्रतिशीत (pratiśīta)
* प्रशीत (praśīta)
* बहिःशीत (bahiḥśīta)
* शीतकर (śītakara)
* शीतकाल (śītakāla)
* शीतकालीन (śītakālīna)
* शीतता (śītatā)
* शीतत्व (śītatva)
* शीतमय (śītamaya)
* शीतल (śītala)
* शीतलता (śītalatā)
* शैत्य (śaitya)
* संशीत (saṃśīta)
* सुशीत (suśīta)

#### Descendants

* Pali: sīta, sītaka
* Prakrit: 𑀲𑀻𑀅 (sīa)
** Old Awadhi: [script needed] (sīu)
** Konkani: शीं (śī̃)
** Hindi: सीड़ (sīṛ, “dew”)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “शीत”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1077/3.
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 643