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

Alternative scripts

Etymology

Vṛddhi derivative of चित्रा (citrā)

Pronunciation

Proper noun

चैत्र • (caitra) stem, m

  1. (Hinduism) First month of the Hindu lunar calendar
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