tithi

See also: Tithi

English

Etymology

From Sanskrit तिथि (tithi, “lunar day”).

Pronunciation

• (Indian English) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ɪt̪ʰɪ/, /ˈt̪ɪt̪ʰi/
• IPA^(key): /ˈtiːti/, /ˈtiːθi/

Noun

tithi (plural tithis)

1. The lunar date based on the Hindu calendar. There are 30 tithis in each lunar month. Tithis begin at varying times of a solar day and vary in duration from approximately 19 to 26 hours.

Translations

lunar day

• Bengali: তিথি (bn) (tithi)
• German: Tithi
• Gujarati: તિથી (tithī)
• Hindi: तिथि (hi) f (tithi)
• Japanese: ティティ (titi)
• Malayalam: തിഥി (ml) (tithi)
• Marathi: तिथी (tithī)
• Odia: ତିଥି (or) (tithi)
• Old Javanese: tithi
• Pali: tithi f
• Polish: tithi
• Russian: титхи́ m or f or n (titxí)
• Sanskrit: तिथि (sa) f (tithi)
• Tamil: திதி (ta) (titi)
• Telugu: తిథి (te) (tithi)

Anagrams

• hit it

Old Javanese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ti.ti/
• Rhymes: -ti, -i
• Homophone: titi
• Hyphenation: ti‧ti

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sanskrit तिथि (tithi).

Noun

tithi

1. tithi: the lunar date based on the Hindu calendar. There are 30 tithis in each lunar month. Tithis begin at varying times of a solar day and vary in duration from approximately 19 to 26 hours.

Descendants

• → Balinese: ᬢᬶᬣᬶ (titi, “lunar date”)

Etymology 2

Noun

tithi

1. alternative spelling of atithi (“guest”)

Further reading

• "tithi" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀢𑀺𑀣𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• तिथि (Devanagari script)
• তিথি (Bengali script)
• තිථි (Sinhalese script)
• တိထိ (Burmese script)
• ติถิ (Thai script)
• ᨲᩥᨳᩥ (Tai Tham script)
• ຕິຖິ (Lao script)
• តិថិ (Khmer script)
• 𑄖𑄨𑄗𑄨 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit तिथि (tithi).

Noun

tithi f

1. lunar day