चैत्र

See also: चतुर, चतुर्, चूतर, and चित्र

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit चैत्र (caitra).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɛːt̪.ɾᵊ/

Proper noun

चैत्र • (caitra) m

1. Chaitra (first month of the Hindu lunar calendar)

Declension

Declension of चैत्र (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	चैत्र caitra	चैत्र caitra
oblique	चैत्र caitra	चैत्रों caitrõ
vocative	चैत्र caitra	चैत्रो caitro

Related terms

• (lunar months) चैत्र (caitra), वैशाख (vaiśākh), ज्येष्ठ (jyeṣṭh), आषाढ़ (āṣāṛh) / असाढ़ (asāṛh), श्रावण (śrāvaṇ), भाद्र (bhādra), आश्विन (āśvin), कार्तिक (kārtik), मार्गशीर्ष (mārgaśīrṣ) / अग्रहायण (agrahāyaṇ), पौष (pauṣ), माघ (māgh), फाल्गुन (phālgun) ^{(Category: hi:Hindu lunar calendar months)}

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “चैत्र”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 323, 330.

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit चैत्र (caitra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ɕəit̪.ɾə/

Proper noun

चैत्र • (caitra) m

1. first month of Marathi calendar, Saka calendar, and Indian National Calendar.

Nepali

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit चैत्र (caitra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡sʌi̯t̪rʌ]
• Phonetic Devanagari: चैत्र

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)

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

• “चैत्र”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary]‎^[1], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
• Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993) “चैत्र”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• চৈত্ৰ (Assamese script)
• ᬘᬿᬢ᭄ᬭ (Balinese script)
• চৈত্র (Bengali script)
• 𑰓𑰹𑰝𑰿𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀘𑁃𑀢𑁆𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• စဲတြ (Burmese script)
• ચૈત્ર (Gujarati script)
• ਚੈਤ੍ਰ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌚𑍈𑌤𑍍𑌰 (Grantha script)
• ꦕꦻꦠꦿ (Javanese script)
• 𑂒𑂶𑂞𑂹𑂩 (Kaithi script)
• ಚೈತ್ರ (Kannada script)
• ចៃត្រ (Khmer script)
• ໄຈຕ຺ຣ (Lao script)
• ചൈത്ര (Malayalam script)
• ᢜᠠᡳᢠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘓𑘺𑘝𑘿𑘨 (Modi script)
• ᢋᠧᠧᢐᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦳𑧛𑦽𑧠𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐔𑐿𑐟𑑂𑐬 (Newa script)
• ଚୈତ୍ର (Odia script)
• ꢗꣀꢡ꣄ꢬ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆖𑆽𑆠𑇀𑆫 (Sharada script)
• 𑖓𑖹𑖝𑖿𑖨 (Siddham script)
• චෛත්‍ර (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩡𑩗𑩫 𑪙𑩼 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚏𑚳𑚙𑚶𑚤 (Takri script)
• சைத்ர (Tamil script)
• చైత్ర (Telugu script)
• ไจตฺร (Thai script)
• ཙཻ་ཏྲ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒔𑒻𑒞𑓂𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨣𑨇𑨙𑩇𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Vṛddhi derivative of चित्रा (citrā).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕɑːjt.ɾɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ɕɑjt̪.ɾɐ/

Proper noun

चैत्र • (caitra) stem, m

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

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of चैत्र (caitra)
	Singular
Nominative	चैत्रः caitraḥ
Vocative	चैत्र caitra
Accusative	चैत्रम् caitram
Instrumental	चैत्रेण caitreṇa
Dative	चैत्राय caitrāya
Ablative	चैत्रात् caitrāt
Genitive	चैत्रस्य caitrasya
Locative	चैत्रे caitre

Related terms

• (lunar months) चैत्र (caitra), वैशाख (vaiśākha), ज्येष्ठ (jyeṣṭha), आषाढ (āṣāḍha), श्रावण (śrāvaṇa), भाद्र (bhādra), अश्विन् (aśvin), कार्तिक (kārtika), मार्गशीर्ष (mārgaśīrṣa) / अग्रहायण (agrahāyaṇa), पौष (pauṣa), माघ (māgha), फाल्गुन (phālguna) ^{(Category: sa:Lunar months)}