"Sita" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit सीता (sītā, “furrow”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|sa|सीता||furrow}} Sanskrit सीता (sītā, “furrow”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Sita
  1. (Hinduism) A goddess, the consort of Rāma. Tags: Hinduism Categories (topical): Hinduism
    Sense id: en-Sita-en-name-MyoVTV67
  2. A female given name from Sanskrit mainly used in India. Categories (topical): English female given names, English given names, Hindu deities, Ramayana Translations (avatar of Lakshmi): সীতা (xita) (Assamese), সীতা (śita) (Bengali), မယ်သီတာ (maisita) (Burmese), သီတာ (sita) (Burmese), သီတာဒေဝီ (sitadewi) (Burmese), 悉多 (xīduō) (Chinese Mandarin), સીતા (sītā) [feminine] (Gujarati), सीता (sītā) [feminine] (Hindi), ಸೀತೆ (sīte) (Kannada), സീത (sīta) (Malayalam), ꯁꯤꯇꯥ (seetaa) (Manipuri), सीता (sītā) [feminine] (Marathi), सीता (sītā) (Nepali), ସୀତା (sita) (Oriya), सीता (sītā) [feminine] (Sanskrit), සීතා (sītā) (Sinhalese), சீதை (cītai) (Tamil), సీత (sīta) (Telugu), นางสีดา (Thai), สีดา (Thai), ಸೀತೆ (sīte) (Tulu)
    Sense id: en-Sita-en-name-q5TFCxxt Disambiguation of Hindu deities: 35 65 Disambiguation of Ramayana: 16 84 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 95 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 7 93 Disambiguation of 'avatar of Lakshmi': 25 75

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