çita

Turkish

noun

Definitions

cheetah

Etymology

Borrowed from English cheetah derived from Hindi चीता (panther, leopard) derived from Sanskrit चित्र (multicolored, picture, wonderful, speckled, bright, sketch, painting).

Origin

Sanskrit

चित्र

Gloss

multicolored, picture, wonderful, speckled, bright, sketch, painting

Concept

Semantic Field

Modern world

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

`Kanji`

画

Emoji

🖼️

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

cheetah English
cheetahlike English
cheeta Dutch, Flemish
チーター Japanese
चित्र Sanskrit
चित्रभानु Sanskrit
síota Irish
चित्र Hindi
चित्रण Hindi
चीता Hindi
ชีตาห์ Thai
చిత్రపక్షము Telugu
citra Malay
चित्र Marathi
*ćitrám Proto-Indo-Aryan
𑀘𑀺𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀕 Sauraseni Prakrit
चित्र Nepali