चिंता (chintaa)

noun A common feminine noun meaning worry, anxiety, or concern; also sometimes spelled with a nuqta-less variant चिन्ता (chintaa).
Sense 1 : worry, anxiety
noun, feminine
Synonyms: फ़िक्र (fikr), परेशानी (pareshaanii), घबराहट (ghabraahat, more physical unease)
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: चिंता मत करो (chintaa mat karo, 'don't worry') is one of the most-heard reassurances in daily Hindi, said by everyone from mothers to shopkeepers. Notice the dative-subject frame: मुझे चिंता है (mujhe chintaa hai, 'I have worry / I am worried') treats worry as something that exists 'to me' rather than something 'I do,' which mirrors how Hindi often frames emotional and physical states.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners often try to make चिंता (chintaa) the subject of a verb like सोचना (sochnaa, 'to think'); instead Hindi typically pairs it with होना (honaa) or करना (karnaa) -- चिंता होना (chintaa honaa, 'to feel worry [happen to someone]') uses a को (ko)-marked experiencer, while चिंता करना (chintaa karnaa) means 'to worry [about something]' and takes की (kii) before the object of worry. 2) Do not confuse चिंता (chintaa) with चिता (chitaa), which means 'funeral pyre' -- a single vowel-length slip changes the word entirely.
Sample Sentences:
चिंता मत करो, सब ठीक हो जाएगा। Don't worry, everything will be fine.
(chintaa mat karo, sab thiik ho jaaegaa।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Imperative -- Voice: Active
मुझे उसके स्वास्थ्य की चिंता है। I am worried about his health.
(mujhe uske svaasthy kii chintaa hai।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
पैसों की चिंता उसे रात भर सताती रही। Worry about money kept troubling him all night.
(paison kii chintaa use raat bhar sataatii rahii।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Continuous -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
अगर वह समय पर पहुँच जाता तो हमें इतनी चिंता न होती। If he had arrived on time, we wouldn't have been so worried.
(agar vah samay par pahunch jaataa to hamen itnii chintaa n hotii।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Counterfactual -- Aspect: Habitual -- Voice: Active
माँ को हमेशा बच्चों की चिंता रहती है। Mothers always have worries about their children.
(maan ko hameshaa bachchon kii chintaa rahtii hai।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
क्या तुम्हें अपनी नौकरी की चिंता नहीं होती? Don't you worry about your job?
(kyaa tumhen apnii naukrii kii chintaa nahiin hotii?)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
उम्मीद है कि आपकी सारी चिंताएँ जल्द ही दूर हो जाएँ। I hope all your worries go away soon.
(ummiid hai ki aapkii saarii chintaaen jald hii door ho jaaen।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Subjunctive -- Voice: Active
देश की आर्थिक स्थिति को लेकर सरकार को गहरी चिंता है। The government has deep concern regarding the country's economic situation.
(desh kii aarthik sthiti ko lekar sarkaar ko gahrii chintaa hai।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
उसकी आँखों में चिंता साफ झलक रही थी। Worry was clearly showing in her eyes.
(uskii aankhon men chintaa saaph jhalak rahii thii।)
Register: Literary -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Continuous -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
परीक्षा के नतीजों की चिंता में वह ठीक से सो भी नहीं पाया। Worried about the exam results, he couldn't even sleep properly.
(pariikshaa ke natiijon kii chintaa men vah thiik se so bhii nahiin paayaa।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
इस बारे में इतनी चिंता मत पालो, समय के साथ सब सुलझ जाएगा। Don't nurse so much worry about this, everything will get sorted with time.
(is baare men itnii chintaa mat paalo, samay ke saath sab sulajh jaaegaa।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Imperative -- Voice: Active
Morphology
Noun
(sg.f.direct): चिंता (chintaa)
(sg.f.oblique): चिंता (chintaa)
(pl.f.direct): चिंताएँ (chintaaen)
(pl.f.oblique): चिंताओं (chintaaon)