citta

See also: Citta and città

Hausa

Etymology 1

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Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃìt.tá/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [t͡ʃɪ̀t.tə́]

Noun

cìtta f (possessed form cìttar̃)

  1. ginger root (generic term)
  2. (dated) Aframomum melegueta
  3. (dated) chili, Capsicum annuum
    Synonym: filfil
Descendants
  • → Arabic: شَطَّة (šaṭṭa), شَطِيطَة (šaṭīṭa)
  • → Kanuri: njittá

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃít.tà/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [t͡ʃɪ́t.tə̀]

Adverb

città

  1. four days from today

Italian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃit.ta/
  • Rhymes: -itta
  • Hyphenation: cìt‧ta

Noun

citta f (plural citte, masculine citto)

  1. female equivalent of citto
    1. (archaic or Tuscan) a (young) girl
      Synonyms: bambina, bimba, fanciulla
    2. (Tuscany, colloquial) a girlfriend
      Synonyms: fidanzata, ragazza, (Northern Italy) morosa, (Southern Italy) zita

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • 𑀘𑀺𑀢𑁆𑀢 (Brahmi script)
  • चित्त (Devanagari script)
  • চিত্ত (Bengali script)
  • චිත‍්ත (Sinhalese script)
  • စိတ္တ or ၸိတ္တ or ၸိတ်တ (Burmese script)
  • จิตฺต or จิตตะ (Thai script)
  • ᨧᩥᨲ᩠ᨲ (Tai Tham script)
  • ຈິຕ຺ຕ or ຈິຕຕະ (Lao script)
  • ចិត្ត (Khmer script)
  • 𑄌𑄨𑄖𑄴𑄖 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit चित्त (citta).

Noun

citta n

  1. (figurative) mind, heart, feeling

Declension
Declension table of "citta" (neuter)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)cittaṃcittāni
Accusative (second)cittaṃcittāni
Instrumental (third)cittenacittehi or cittebhi
Dative (fourth)cittassa or cittāya or cittatthaṃcittānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)cittasmā or cittamhā or cittācittehi or cittebhi
Genitive (sixth)cittassacittānaṃ
Locative (seventh)cittasmiṃ or cittamhi or cittecittesu
Vocative (calling)cittacittāni

Descendants

Further reading
  • Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “citta”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead
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