चैत्र

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit चैत्र (caitra), from चित्रा (citrā, bright one), from चित्र (citra, bright).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /t͡ʃɛːt̪.ɾᵊ/

Proper noun

चैत्र (caitra) m

  1. Chaitra (first month of the Hindu lunar calendar)

Declension

References

Marathi

Proper noun

चैत्र (caitra)

  1. first month of Marathi calendar, Saka calendar, and Indian National Calendar.

Nepali

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit चैत्र (caitra).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

चैत्र (caitra)

  1. Chaitra
    1. the twelfth month in the Vikram Samvat calendar
    2. the first month in the lunar Hindu calendar
    Synonym: चैत (cait)

Further reading

  • चैत्र”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (Nepālī Br̥hat Śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
  • Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993), चैत्र”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar

Sanskrit

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Pronunciation

Proper noun

चैत्र (caitra) m

  1. Name of the second spring month (its full moon standing in the constellation चित्रा)
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