چھتری
Urdu
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit [Term?], from Sanskrit छत्र (chatra) / छत्त्र (chattra). Compare Hindi छाता (chātā), Nepali छातो (chāto), Punjabi چَھتْری (chatrī) / ਛਤਰੀ (chatrī).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /t͡ʃʰət̪.ɾiː/
- Rhymes: -iː
- Hyphenation: چَھتْ‧ری
Noun
چَھتْری • (chatrī) f (Hindi spelling छतरी)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | چھتری (chatrī) | چھترِیاں (chatriyā̃) |
| oblique | چھتری (chatrī) | چھترِیوں (chatriyō̃) |
| vocative | چھتری (chatrī) | چھترِیو (chatriyō) |
Descendants
- → Pashto: چترۍ
- →? Persian:
- Dari: چتری (čatrī)
- → Yemeni Arabic: شِتْرِي (šitrī, “curtain”)
Further reading
- “چھتری”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “چھتری”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “چهتر”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “cháttra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 272