चैत

Nepali

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit चैत्र (caitra).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [t͡sʌi̯t̪]

Phonetic Devanagari: चैत्

Proper noun

चैत • (cait)

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

Related terms

(lunar months) वैशाख (vaiśākh), ज्येष्ठ (jyeṣṭha) / जेठ (jeṭh), आषाढ (āṣāḍh), साउन (sāuna), भदौ (bhadau) / भाद्र (bhādra), असोज (asoj) / आश्विन (āśvina), कात्तिक (kāttik) / कार्त्तिक (kārttik), मङ्सिर (maṅsira) / मार्ग (mārga), पुस (pus) / पौष (pauṣ), माघ (māgh), फागुन (phāguna) / फाल्गुन (phālguna), चैत (cait) / चैत्र (caitra) ^{(Category: ne:Hindu lunar calendar months)}

Further reading

“चैत”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary]‎, Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993) “चैत”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar

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