Sita
/ˈsiːtə/
Sita proper noun: a goddess, the consort of Rāma.
Proper noun
Sita
- A goddess, the consort of Rāma.
- A female given name from Sanskrit mainly used in India.
- It is only this late in the day, and possibly only in Willesden, that you can find best friends Sita and Sharon, constantly mistaken for each other because Sita is white (her mother liked the name) and Sharon is Pakistani (her mother thought it best — less trouble).2000, Zadie Smith, White Teeth, London: Hamish Hamilton, →ISBN, pages 282–283
Sita meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali
Sita in Hindi
- avatar of Lakshmi
- सीता sītā
Sita in Tamil
- avatar of Lakshmi
- சீதை cītai
Sita in Marathi
- avatar of Lakshmi
- सीता sītā
Sita in Bengali
- avatar of Lakshmi
- সীতা śita
More languagesFewer languages
- Sita in Telugu
- సీత sīta
- Sita in Malayalam
- സീത sīta
- Sita in Kannada
- ಸೀತೆ sīte
- Sita in Gujarati
- સીતા sītā
- Sita in Odia
- ସୀତା sitā
- Sita in Sanskrit
- सीता sītā
- Sita in Sinhala
- සීතා sītā
- Sita in Assamese
- সীতা xita
- Sita in Nepali
- सीता sītā
- Sita in Indonesian
- Sinta
- Sita in Thai
- นางสีดา, สีดา
- Sita in Myanmar
- မယ်သီတာ maisita, သီတာ sita, သီတာဒေဝီ sitadewi
- Sindhi
- سِيتا sītā, सीता
Forms of Sita
| alternative form | Seeta |
|---|---|
| alternative form | Seetha |
Origin of Sita
Borrowed from Sanskrit सीता (sītā, “furrow”).
Phrases with Sita
Questions about Sita
- What does Sita mean?
- Sita means a goddess, the consort of Rāma.
- What is Sita in Hindi?
- Sita in Hindi is सीता (sītā). See Sita meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Sita?
- Sita is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Sita?
- Sita is pronounced /ˈsiːtə/.
Words near Sita in the dictionary
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