गीता

Borrowed from Sanskrit गीता (gītā).

गीता • (gītā) f (Urdu spelling گیتا‎)

1. song

   Synonyms: गीत (gīt), गाना (gānā)

2. (Hinduism) the Bhagavad Gita

   Synonym: भगवद् गीता (bhagvad gītā)

• गीत (gīt)

गीता

1. Devanagari script form of gītā, which is ablative singular of गीत (gīta, “song”)

From the root गै (gai, “to sing”), from *geH- (“to sing, cry”).

Cognate with Avestan 𐬔𐬁𐬚𐬁‎ (gāθā, “form of strophe, metre, namely the collections of Zarathustra's songs, the Gathas”).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɡiː.tɑ́ː/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡiː.t̪ɑː/

गीता • (gītā́) f

1. a song, sacred song or poem

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