चेतना cetanā
girl 3 syllables SLP1 cetanA

As a deity name

Name 97 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati

As a Hindi name

चेतना · noun · feminine

बुद्धि · मनोवृत्ति · ज्ञानात्मक मनोवृत्ति — Śabdasāgara

चेतना · verb

अ॰ [हिं॰ चोत + ना (प्रत्य॰)] · संज्ञा में होना । होश में आना · सावधान होना । चौकस होना — Śabdasāgara

चेतना · ćetanā · s.f.

Consciousness, understanding, sense, intelligence, wisdom, reflection — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 470

चेतना · ćetnā · v.t.

To think of, remember; to think on, reflect on; to perceive; to advise, admonish — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 470

चेतना · feminine

a female given name, Chetna or Chetana, from Sanskrit

चेतना · feminine

consciousness; intelligence, understanding

Cited formation "चेतना" is चेत + -ना: चेत means "Thought, perception, sensation, consciousness, wits, sense", and the suffix -ना forms infinitives. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(19) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago

a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi चेतना — per Wiktionary’s etymology record

“Borrowed from Sanskrit चेतना (cetanā).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record

The Sanskrit parent — चेतना (tatsama)

cetanā f. consciousness, understanding, sense, intelligence, Yājñ. iii, 175; MBh. &c. (often ifc. [f(ā). ] Mn. ix, 67; MBh. &c.) (cf. a-, niś-, puru-cet˚, vi-, sa-, su-).

As a Sanskrit word

Meaning

consciousness, understanding, sense, intelligence, &c. (often ifc. [ā]; &c.) (cf. a-, niś-, puru-cet˚, vi-, sa-, su-).

Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (4)

Why this matches what you typed

M1 · same meaning "cetanā" is the feminine form of "cetana" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).

Dictionary citations

Monier-Williams (1899) · चेतना

cetanā f. consciousness, understanding, sense, intelligence, Yājñ. iii, 175; MBh. &c. (often ifc. [f(ā). ] Mn. ix, 67; MBh. &c.) (cf. a-, niś-, puru-cet˚, vi-, sa-, su-).

Monier-Williams (1899) · चेतन (linked stem)

cetana mf(ī)n. visible, conspicuous, distinguished, excellent, RV.; AV. ix, 4, 21

Monier-Williams (1899) · चेतन (linked stem)

percipient, conscious, sentient, intelligent, KaṭhUp. v, 13; ŚvetUp. vi, 13; Hariv. 3587; KapS.; Tattvas. &c.

Alternative readings

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Caveats

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