The Sanskrit term Śītkāra can be transliterated into English as Sitkara or Shitkara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

sītkāra (सीत्कार).—m (S) Making of an inarticulate sound by drawing in air between the closed teeth: also such sound made.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Sītkāra (सीत्कार).—f. A sound made by drawing in the breath, (expressive of sighing, shivering with cold, murmuring &c.); मया दष्टाधरं तस्याः ससीत्कारमिवाननम् (mayā daṣṭādharaṃ tasyāḥ sasītkāramivānanam) V.4.21.

Derivable forms: sītkāraḥ (सीत्कारः).

See also (synonyms): sītkṛti.

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Śītkāra (शीत्कार).—m. the above sound.

Derivable forms: śītkāraḥ (शीत्कारः).

Śītkāra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śīt and kāra (कार). See also (synonyms): śītkṛt.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śītkāra (शीत्कार).—m.

(-raḥ) Uttering a sound expressive of pleasurable sensations. E. śīt imitative sound, and kāra making: also with kṛta made, uttered, śītkṛta n. (-taṃ) .

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Sītkāra (सीत्कार).—n.

(-raṃ) Uttering an inarticulate sound, such as is made with the lips when a person shivers with cold, or in fainting, sighing, &c. E. sīt imitative sound, and kāra making; also sītkṛta n.

(-taṃ).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śītkāra (शीत्कार).—[śīt-kāra], m. 1. Making the sound śit, sighing on account of pleasure. 2. A frown. [Amaruśataka, (ed. Calcutt.)] 31 (Sch.).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śītkāra (शीत्कार).—[masculine] the sound Śīt (expresses pleasurable sensations).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Śītkāra (शीत्कार):—[=śīt-kāra] [from śīt] a m. (also written sīt-kāra) the sound śīt (supposed to indicate pleasure, pain, or applause; also applied to the noise of spurting water etc.), [Kāvya literature; Kathāsaritsāgara]

2) [=śīt-kāra] b etc. See p. 1077, col. 3.

3) Sītkāra (सीत्कार):—[=sīt-kāra] sīt-kṛta See under śīt.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Śītkāra (शीत्कार):—[śīt-kāra] (raḥ) 1. m. Uttering a sound expressive of pleasing sensations.

2) Sītkāra (सीत्कार):—(raṃ) 1. n. Inarticulate sound of one fainting or shivering with cold.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Sītkāra (सीत्कार) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Sikkāra.

[Sanskrit to German]

Sitkara in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

1) Śītkāra (शीत्कार):—(nf) the sound of shishi: (supposed to indicate the thrill of intense pleasure or agony of severe pain).

2) Sītkāra (सीत्कार) [Also spelled sitkar]:—(nf) sibilance, a muffled spirant sound expressive of intense joy or excessive pain.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Sītkāra (ಸೀತ್ಕಾರ):—

1) [noun] a loud, long and shrill cry made indicating pleasure or pain.

2) [noun] the sound made in copulation.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

1) Śītkāra (शीत्कार):—n. the sound of shi:shi:shi: (that is to indicate thrill of intense pleasure like during sexual enjoyment or acute pain);

2) Sītkāra (सीत्कार):—n. 1. a process of breathing up; 2. sibilation;

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Shit, Kara.

Starts with: Sitkararatna.

Ends with: Sashitkara.

Full-text: Sitkriti, Sashitkaram, Shitkar, Cirkaram, Sashitkara, Sitkrita, Shitkrit, Sikkara, Cilkkai, Shrama, Hemanta.

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