कीट

Hindi

Noun

कीट • (kīṭ) m (Urdu spelling کیٹ‎)

  1. insect

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • ᬓᬷᬝ (Balinese script)
  • কীট (Bengali script)
  • কীট (Bengali script)
  • 𑰎𑰱𑰘 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀓𑀻𑀝 (Brahmi script)
  • 𑌕𑍀𑌟 (Grantha script)
  • કીટ (Gujarati script)
  • ꦏꦷꦛ (Javanese script)
  • ಕೀಟ (Kannada script)
  • ကီဋ (Burmese script)
  • କୀଟ (Oriya script)
  • ꢒꢷꢜ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆑𑆵𑆛 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖎𑖱𑖘 (Siddham script)
  • కీట (Telugu script)
  • ཀཱིཊ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒏𑒲𑒙 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *kirtas.

Pronunciation

Noun

कीट • (kīṭa) m

  1. (zoology) a worm, insect.

Descendants
  • Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀓𑀻𑀟 (kīḍa)
  • Pali: kīṭa
  • Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀓𑀻𑀟 (kīḍa)
    • Gujarati: કીડો (kīḍo)
    • Hindustani:
      Hindi: कीड़ा (kīṛā)
      Urdu: کیڑا‎ (kīṛā)
    • Punjabi: ਕੀਡ਼ਾ (kīḍ਼ā)
    • Sindhi: ڪِيڙو‎ / कीड़ो (kīṛo)
  • → Hindi: कीट (kīṭ)
  • ⇒ Telugu: కీటము (kīṭamu)
  • → Thai: กีฏ (gii-dtà-)

References
  • “कीट” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 122, column 1.
  • Arthur A. Macdonell, A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, 1893, page 068
  • Monier Williams (1899), “कीट”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 284, column 3.
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