# हित
## Hindi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit हित (hita).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /ɦɪt̪/

### Noun

हित • (hit) m
* welfare, comfort, security
    Synonym: भलाई (bhalāī)
    इस सरकार ने लोक-हित का ध्यान रखने का वादा लिया है।is sarkār ne lok-hit kā dhyān rakhne kā vādā liyā hai.This government has taken the promise to safeguard the public well-being.
* benefit, advantage
    Synonyms: लाभ (lābh), फ़ायदा (fāydā)
* favour, courtesy

#### Derived terms

* के हित (ke hit)

### Adjective

हित • (hit) (indeclinable)
* good, proper, right, suitable

#### References

* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “हित”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* hita (Latin script)
* 𑀳𑀺𑀢 (Brahmi script)
* হিত (Bengali script)
* හිත (Sinhalese script)
* ဟိတ or ႁိတ (Burmese script)
* หิต or หิตะ (Thai script)
* ᩉᩥᨲ (Tai Tham script)
* ຫິຕ or ຫິຕະ (Lao script)
* ហិត (Khmer script)
* 𑄦𑄨𑄖 (Chakma script)

### Adjective

हित
* Devanagari script form of hita

#### Declension
### Noun

हित n
* Devanagari script form of hita

#### Declension
### Noun

हित m
* Devanagari script form of hita

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

* হিত (Assamese script)
* ᬳᬶᬢ (Balinese script)
* হিত (Bengali script)
* 𑰮𑰰𑰝 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀳𑀺𑀢 (Brahmi script)
* ဟိတ (Burmese script)
* હિત (Gujarati script)
* ਹਿਤ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌹𑌿𑌤 (Grantha script)
* ꦲꦶꦠ (Javanese script)
* 𑂯𑂱𑂞 (Kaithi script)
* ಹಿತ (Kannada script)
* ហិត (Khmer script)
* ຫິຕ (Lao script)
* ഹിത (Malayalam script)
* ᡥᡳᢠᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘮𑘱𑘝 (Modi script)
* ᠾᠢᢐᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧎𑧒𑦽 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐴𑐶𑐟 (Newa script)
* ହିତ (Odia script)
* ꢲꢶꢡ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆲𑆴𑆠 (Sharada script)
* 𑖮𑖰𑖝 (Siddham script)
* හිත (Sinhalese script)
* 𑪂𑩑𑩫 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚩𑚮𑚙 (Takri script)
* ஹித (Tamil script)
* హిత (Telugu script)
* หิต (Thai script)
* ཧི་ཏ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒯𑒱𑒞 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨱𑨁𑨙 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Pronunciation

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

### Etymology 1

From a lenition of Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰHtás, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁-tó-s.

#### Participle

हित • (hitá) past passive participle (root धा)
* put, laid, set (upon)

#### Adjective

हित • (hitá) stem (root धा)
* kind
* wholesome
* ready
* destined
* agreeable
* held
* taken
* auspicious
* affectionate, friendly
* advantageous
* implied

##### Declension

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

#### Noun

हित • (hita) stem, n (root धा)
* interest
* favor, benefit
* welfare, safety
* profit
* advantage
* that which is good
* good advice

##### Declension

* ¹Vedic

#### Noun

हित • (hita) stem, m
* (masculine) friend
    Synonyms: मित्र (mitra), सखि (sakhi)

##### Declension

* ¹Vedic

#### Descendants

* Pali: hita
* → Hindi: हित (hit) (learned)
* → Old Javanese: hita
** Javanese: ꦲꦶꦠ (ita)
** → Balinese: ᬳᬶᬢ (hita)

### Etymology 2

From the root हि (hi) +‎ -त (-ta), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰey- (“to drive, throw, set in motion”). Related to हिनोति (hinóti), हीयते (hīyate).

#### Participle

हित • (hitá) past passive participle (root हि)
* set in motion, sent, moving, speeding, running, impelled, going, in motion

##### Declension

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

### References

* Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “हित”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
* Monier Williams (1899) “हित”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1297, column 2.