गीता

See also: गीत

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit गीता (gītā).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɡiː.t̪ɑː/, [ɡiː.t̪äː]

Noun

गीता • (gītā) f (Urdu spelling گیتا)

1. song

   Synonyms: गीत (gīt), गाना (gānā)

2. (Hinduism) the Bhagavad Gita

   Synonym: भगवद् गीता (bhagvad gītā)

Declension

Declension of गीता (fem ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	गीता gītā	गीताएँ gītāẽ
oblique	गीता gītā	गीताओं gītāõ
vocative	गीता gītā	गीताओ gītāo

Synonyms

• गीत (gīt)

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• gītā (Latin script)
• 𑀕𑀻𑀢𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• গীতা (Bengali script)
• ගීතා (Sinhalese script)
• ဂီတာ or ဂဳတာ or ၷီတႃ (Burmese script)
• คีตา (Thai script)
• ᨣᩦᨲᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• ຄີຕາ (Lao script)
• គីតា (Khmer script)
• 𑄉𑄩𑄖𑄂 (Chakma script)

Noun

गीता (gītā)

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

Sanskrit

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Bhagavadgita

Wikipedia

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• গীতা (Assamese script)
• ᬕᬷᬢᬵ (Balinese script)
• গীতা (Bengali script)
• 𑰐𑰱𑰝𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀕𑀻𑀢𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ဂီတာ (Burmese script)
• ગીતા (Gujarati script)
• ਗੀਤਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌗𑍀𑌤𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦒꦷꦠꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂏𑂲𑂞𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಗೀತಾ (Kannada script)
• គីតា (Khmer script)
• ຄີຕາ (Lao script)
• ഗീതാ (Malayalam script)
• ᡤᡳᡳᢠᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘐𑘲𑘝𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠺᠢᠢᢐᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦰𑧓𑦽𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐐𑐷𑐟𑐵 (Newa script)
• ଗୀତା (Odia script)
• ꢔꢷꢡꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆓𑆵𑆠𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖐𑖱𑖝𑖯 (Siddham script)
• ගීතා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩞𑩑𑩛𑩫𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚌𑚯𑚙𑚭 (Takri script)
• கீ³தா (Tamil script)
• గీతా (Telugu script)
• คีตา (Thai script)
• གཱི་ཏཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒑𑒲𑒞𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨍𑨁𑨊𑨙𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Feminine of गीत (gītá), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *giHtás, from Proto-Indo-European *g⁽ʷ⁾iH-tós, from *g⁽ʷ⁾eH- (“to sing, cry”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬔𐬁𐬚𐬁 (gāθā, “form of strophe, metre, namely the collections of Zarathustra's songs, the Gathas”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

गीता • (gītā́) stem, f (root गै)

1. a song, sacred song or poem
2. clipping of भगवद्गीता (bhagavadgītā)

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of गीता

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	गीता (gītā́)	गीते (gīté)	गीताः (gītā́ḥ)
accusative	गीताम् (gītā́m)	गीते (gīté)	गीताः (gītā́ḥ)
instrumental	गीतया (gītáyā) गीता¹ (gītā́¹)	गीताभ्याम् (gītā́bhyām)	गीताभिः (gītā́bhiḥ)
dative	गीतायै (gītā́yai)	गीताभ्याम् (gītā́bhyām)	गीताभ्यः (gītā́bhyaḥ)
ablative	गीतायाः (gītā́yāḥ) गीतायै² (gītā́yai²)	गीताभ्याम् (gītā́bhyām)	गीताभ्यः (gītā́bhyaḥ)
genitive	गीतायाः (gītā́yāḥ) गीतायै² (gītā́yai²)	गीतयोः (gītáyoḥ)	गीतानाम् (gītā́nām)
locative	गीतायाम् (gītā́yām)	गीतयोः (gītáyoḥ)	गीतासु (gītā́su)
vocative	गीते (gī́te)	गीते (gī́te)	गीताः (gī́tāḥ)

• ¹Vedic
• ²Brāhmaṇas

Derived terms

• अनुगीता (anugītā)
• भगवद्गीता (bhagavadgītā, “the Bhagavad-gita”)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “गीता”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 356, column 1.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “गीता”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
• Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “गीता”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016

• Pokorny, Julius (1959) “355”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 355
• Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 356