# चित्त
## Hindi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit चित्त (citta).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /t͡ʃɪt̪t̪/, [t͡ʃɪt̪(ː)]

### Noun

चित्त • (citt) m (Urdu spelling چت)
* mind
* heart

#### Synonyms

* (mind): मन (man), जी (jī)
* (heart): दिल (dil), हृदय (hŕday)

#### References

* Bahri, Hardev (1989) “चित्त”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
* Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “चित्त”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
* Platts, John T. (1884) “चित्त”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “चित्त”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

## Nepali
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [t͡sit̪̚t̪ʌ]
* Phonetic Devanagari: चित्त

### Noun

चित्त • (citta)
* mind, thought
* feeling; emotion
* sympathy, compassion

### References

* “चित्त”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary]‎, Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
* Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993) “चित्त”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* citta (Latin script)
* 𑀘𑀺𑀢𑁆𑀢 (Brahmi script)
* চিত্ত (Bengali script)
* චිත‍්ත (Sinhalese script)
* စိတ္တ or ၸိတ္တ or ၸိတ်တ (Burmese script)
* จิตฺต or จิตตะ (Thai script)
* ᨧᩥᨲ᩠ᨲ (Tai Tham script)
* ຈິຕ຺ຕ or ຈິຕຕະ (Lao script)
* ចិត្ត (Khmer script)
* 𑄌𑄨𑄖𑄴𑄖 (Chakma script)

### Etymology

From Sanskrit चित्त (citta).

### Noun

चित्त n
* Devanagari script form of citta

#### Declension
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* চিত্ত (Assamese script)
* ᬘᬶᬢ᭄ᬢ (Balinese script)
* চিত্ত (Bengali script)
* 𑰓𑰰𑰝𑰿𑰝 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀘𑀺𑀢𑁆𑀢 (Brahmi script)
* စိတ္တ (Burmese script)
* ચિત્ત (Gujarati script)
* ਚਿਤ੍ਤ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌚𑌿𑌤𑍍𑌤 (Grantha script)
* ꦕꦶꦠ꧀ꦠ (Javanese script)
* 𑂒𑂱𑂞𑂹𑂞 (Kaithi script)
* ಚಿತ್ತ (Kannada script)
* ចិត្ត (Khmer script)
* ຈິຕ຺ຕ (Lao script)
* ചിത്ത (Malayalam script)
* ᢜᡳᢠᢠᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘓𑘱𑘝𑘿𑘝 (Modi script)
* ᢋᠢᢐᢐᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦳𑧒𑦽𑧠𑦽 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐔𑐶𑐟𑑂𑐟 (Newa script)
* ଚିତ୍ତ (Odia script)
* ꢗꢶꢡ꣄ꢡ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆖𑆴𑆠𑇀𑆠 (Sharada script)
* 𑖓𑖰𑖝𑖿𑖝 (Siddham script)
* චිත‍්ත (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩡𑩑𑩫 𑪙𑩫 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚏𑚮𑚙𑚶𑚙 (Takri script)
* சித்த (Tamil script)
* చిత్త (Telugu script)
* จิตฺต (Thai script)
* ཙི་ཏྟ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒔𑒱𑒞𑓂𑒞 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨣𑨁𑨙𑩇𑨙 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čitˢtás, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷit-tó-s (“noticed”), from the root *kʷeyt- (“to notice”).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /t͡ɕit.tɐ́/, [t͡ɕit̚.tɐ́]
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /t͡ɕit̪.t̪ɐ/, [t͡ɕit̪̚.t̪ɐ]
* Hyphenation: चित्‧त

### Adjective

चित्त • (cittá) stem (root चित्)
* noticed
    Antonym: अचित्त (acittá, “unnoticed”)
* aimed at, longed for
* appeared, visible

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic
* ¹Vedic
* ²Brāhmaṇas
* ¹Vedic

### Noun

चित्त • (cittá) stem, n (root चित्)
* thinking
* reflecting
* imagining
* thought
* intention, aim, wish
* memory
* intelligence
* reason
* heart
* mind

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic

#### Descendants

* Dardic:
** Kalasha: čit
** Kashmiri: ژێتھ (ċeth)
** Khowar: چیت (čīt)
** → Proto-Nuristani:
*** Kamkata-viri: čit
*** Prasuni: čīt
*** Waigali: čīt
* Pali: citta
** → Burmese: စိတ် (cit)
** → Malay: cita, cipta
*** → Indonesian: cita, cipta
** → Khmer: ចិត្ត (cət)
* Prakrit: 𑀘𑀺𑀢𑁆𑀢 (citta)
** Central:
*** Ardhamagadhi Prakrit:
**** Old Awadhi: चीत (cīta)
***** ⇒ Old Awadhi: चितवइ (citavaï)
*** Sauraseni Prakrit:
**** Hindustani: cīt, cītnā
***** Hindi: चीत, चितना, चिताना (citānā)
***** Urdu: چِیت (cīt), چِیتنَا (cītnā), چِتَانَا (citānā)
** Eastern:
*** Magadhi Prakrit:
**** Assamese: চিত (sit)
**** Bengali: চিৎ (cit)
***** ⇒ Bengali: চেতান (cetan)
**** Bihari:
***** Maithili: चित (cit)
** Northern:
*** Khasa Prakrit:
**** Central Pahari:
***** Kumaoni: चित (cit)
**** Eastern Pahari:
***** ⇒ Nepali: चिताउनु (citāunu)
** Northwestern:
*** Paisaci Prakrit:
**** Takka Apabhramsa:
***** Punjabi: cití
    Gurmukhi script: ਚਿਤਿ
    Shahmukhi script: چِتِ
**** Vracada Apabhramsa:
***** Sindhi: citu
    Arabic script: چِتُ
    Devanagari script: चितु
****** ⇒ Sindhi: citavaṇu
    Arabic script: چِتَوَڻُ
    Devanagari script: चितवणु
** Southern:
*** Helu Prakrit:
**** Dhivehi: ހިތް (hit̊)
**** Sinhalese: සිත (sita), හිත (hita)
** Western:
*** Sauraseni Prakrit:
**** Gujarati: ચિત (cit), ચિતડું (citḍũ)
***** ⇒ Gujarati: ચિતવું (citvũ)
**** Old Marwari: चित (cit)
* → Punjabi: ਚਿੱਤ (citta)
* → Hindi: चित्त (citt)
* → Nepali: चित्त (citta)
* → Telugu: చిత్తము (cittamu)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “चित्त”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 395.