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
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 (fem ā-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| direct singular |
चिंता cintā | ||
| direct plural |
चिंता chintā | ||
| singular एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन | ||
| nominative प्रथमा |
चिंता cintā |
चिंता chintā | |
| oblique सामान्यरूप |
चिंते chinte |
चिंतां- chintān- | |
| acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी |
चिंतेला chintelā |
चिंतांना chintānnā | |
| ergative | चिंतेने, चिंतेनं chintene, chintena |
चिंतांनी chintānnī | |
| instrumental | चिंतेशी chinteśī |
चिंतांशी chintānśī | |
| locative सप्तमी |
चिंतेत chintet |
चिंतांत chintāt | |
| vocative संबोधन |
चिंते chinte |
चिंतांनो chintānno | |
| Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition. | |||
| Genitive declension of चिंता (fem ā-stem) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म |
feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म |
neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म |
oblique सामान्यरूप | |||||
| singular एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन |
singular एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन |
singular* एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन |
|||
| singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता |
चिंतेचा chinteċā |
चिंतेचे chinteċe |
चिंतेची chintecī |
चिंतेच्या chintecā |
चिंतेचे, चिंतेचं chinteċe, chinteċa |
चिंतेची chintecī |
चिंतेच्या chintecā | |
| plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता |
चिंतांचा chintānċā |
चिंतांचे chintānċe |
चिंतांची chintāñcī |
चिंतांच्या chintāncā |
चिंतांचे, चिंतांचं chintānċe, chintānċa |
चिंतांची chintāñcī |
चिंतांच्या chintāñcā | |
| * 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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