چٹا
Punjabi
Etymology
Inherited from Old Punjabi ਚਿਟਾ (ciṭā /ciṭṭā/), a Middle Indo-Aryan borrowing from Proto-Nuristani *crittá, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćwitrás, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwit-ró-s (whence Sanskrit श्वित्र (śvitrá)).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Punjabi) IPA(key): /t͡ʃɪʈ.ʈäː/
- Rhymes: -äː
Adjective
چِٹّا • (ciṭṭā) (Gurmukhi spelling ਚਿੱਟਾ)
Declension
| masculine | feminine | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| direct | چِٹّا (ciṭṭā) | چِٹّے (ciṭṭe) | چِٹّی (ciṭṭī) | چِٹِّیاں (ciṭṭiyāṉ) | |
| oblique | چِٹّے (ciṭṭe) | چِٹّیاں (ciṭṭeyāṉ) | چِٹّی (ciṭṭī) | چِٹِّیاں (ciṭṭiyāṉ) | |
See also
| چِٹّا (ciṭṭā), بَگّا (baggā) | کاࣇا (kāḷā) | |
| لال (lāl), رَتّا (rattā); سُوہا (sūhā) | مالٹا (mālṭā), نَارَنگِی (nārangī); بھُورا (bhūrā) | پِیلا (pīlā), کھَٹّا (khaṭṭā) |
| نِمبُو (nimbū), پِستا (pistā), اَنگُوری (angūrī) | ساوا (sāvā), ہَرا (harā) | |
| آسمانی (āsmānī) | آسمانی (āsmānī) | نِیلا (nīlā) |
| جامنی (jāmnī), اُودا (ūdā) | بَینگی (baingī) | گُولابی (gūlābī) |
Noun
چِٹّا • (ciṭṭā) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਚਿੱਟਾ)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | چِٹّا (ciṭṭā) | چِٹّے (ciṭṭe) |
| oblique | چِٹّے (ciṭṭe) | چِٹّیْاں (ciṭṭiyāṉ) |
| vocative | چِٹّیْا (ciṭṭiyā) | چِٹّیو (ciṭṭīv) |
| ablative | چِٹّیوں (ciṭṭīvṉ) | چِٹّیْاں (ciṭṭiyāṉ) |
| locative | – | چِٹِّیں (ciṭṭiīṉ) |
| instrumental | چِٹّے (ciṭṭe) | – |
Further reading
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “چِٹّا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
- “چٹا”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “śvitrá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 740