चिंता
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit चिन्ता (cintā), from the root verb चित् (cit, “to think, consider, reflect upon”). Cognate with Gujarati ચિંતા (cintā), Marathi चिंता (cintā).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃɪ̃n̪t̪a(ː)]
Noun
चिंता • (cintā) f (Urdu spelling چنتا)
- anxiety, concern, worry
- सारी रात चिंता से अँगारों पर लोटता रहा।
- sārī rāt cintā se aṅgārõ par loṭtā rahā.
- My anxiety kept me restless the entire night.
- नया पुस्तक की चिंता न करें।
- nayā pustak kī cintā na karẽ.
- Don't worry about the new book.
- हम गुण की चिंता करते हैं परिणाम की नहीं।
- ham guṇ kī cintā karte ha͠i pariṇām kī nahī̃.
- We worry about character, not results. (More loosely: we focus on the person, not the task.)
Declension
Declension of चिंता (fem ā-stem)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | चिंता cintā |
चिंताएँ cintāẽ |
| oblique | चिंता cintā |
चिंताओं cintāõ |
| vocative | चिंता cintā |
चिंताओ cintāo |
Synonyms
- फ़िक्र (fikr)
References
- Bahri, Hardev (1989), “चिंता”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
Marathi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit चिन्ता (cintā), from the root verb चित् (cit, “to think, consider, reflect upon”). Cognate with Gujarati ચિંતા (cintā), Hindi चिंता (cintā).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ɕin.t̪a/
Declension
| Declension of चिंता (cintā) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| direct singular |
चिंता cintā | ||
| direct plural |
चिंता chintā | ||
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | चिंता cintā |
चिंता chintā | |
| oblique | चिंते- chinte- |
चिंतां- chintāN- | |
| dative | चिंतेला chintelā |
चिंतांना chintāNnā | |
| ergative | चिंतेने chintene |
चिंतांनी chintāNni | |
| instrumental | चिंतेशी chinteśi |
चिंतांशी chintāNśi | |
| locative | चिंतेत chintet |
चिंतांत chintāNt | |
| vocative | चिंते chinte |
चिंतांनो chintāNno | |
| Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Dative Note: -स (-sa) is archaic. -ते (-te) is limited to literary usage. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition. | |||
| Genitive declension of चिंता | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine object | feminine object | neuter object | oblique | |||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular* | plural | |||
| singular subject | चिंतेचा chinteċā |
चिंतेचे chintece |
चिंतेची chinteci |
चिंतेच्या chinteca |
चिंतेचे, चिंतेचं chintece, chinteċa |
चिंतेची chinteci |
चिंतेच्या chinteca | |
| plural subject | चिंतांचा chintāNċā |
चिंतांचे chintāNce |
चिंतांची chintāNci |
चिंतांच्या chintāNca |
चिंतांचे, चिंतांचं chintāNce, chintāNċa |
चिंतांची chintāNci |
चिंतांच्या chintāNca | |
| * Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition. | ||||||||
Derived terms
- चिंताग्रस्त (cintāgrasta)
- चिंताजनक (cintājnak)
- चिंतातूर (cintātūr)
- चिंतामणी (cintāmṇī)
References
- Berntsen, Maxine, “चिंता”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
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