چھت

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *chatti- (compare Sanskrit छद् (chad, “to cover”)). Cognate to Hindi छत (chat) and Urdu چھت (chat).

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃʰət̪ːə̆/
• Rhymes: -ət̪

چَھتّ • (chatt) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਛੱਤ)

1. ceiling
2. roof; terrace
3. canopy

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “چھت”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• “چھت”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025

Inherited from Sanskrit छदि (chadi). Compare Punjabi چَھتّ (chatt) / ਛੱਤ (chatta).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃʰət̪/
• Rhymes: -ət̪

چَھت • (chat) f (Hindi spelling छत)

1. ceiling

   چھت پر تین پنکھے ہیں۔

   chat par tīn paṅkhe h͠ai.

   There are three fans on the ceiling.

2. roof; terrace

   چھت پر کوئی کھڑا ہے۔

   chat par koī khaṛā hai.

   There is someone standing on the roof.

• “چھت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “چھت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.