چھوٹا

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀙𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀝 (*choṭṭa). Compare Nepali छोटो (choṭo, “small”), Gujarati છોટું (choṭũ), Urdu چھوٹا (choṭā, “small”), Odia ଛୋଟ (choṭa, “small, lesser”), Assamese ছোট (süto, “junior, low grade”).

Earlier lexicographers suggested Sanskrit क्षुद्रक (kṣudraka, “small, insignificant”).

چھوٹا • (choṭā) (Gurmukhi spelling ਛੋਟਾ)

1. small, little

   Synonym: نکا (nikkā)

2. young
3. short

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀙𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀝 (*choṭṭa). Compare Nepali छोटो (choṭo, “small”), Gujarati છોટું (choṭũ), Punjabi ਛੋਟਾ (choṭā, “small”), Odia ଛୋଟ (choṭa, “small, lesser”), Assamese ছোট (süto, “junior, low grade”).

Earlier lexicographers suggested Sanskrit क्षुद्रक (kṣudraka, “small, insignificant”).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃʰoː.ʈɑː/

چھوٹا • (choṭā) (Hindi spelling छोटा)

1. little, small

   باہَر ایک چھوٹا بَچَّہ کَھڑا ہَے۔

   bāhar ek choṭā baccā khaṛā hai.

   There's a small child standing outside.

2. younger, junior, minor, lesser

   چھوٹا بھائی ― choṭā bhāī ― younger brother

   چھوٹی بَہَن ― choṭī bahan ― younger sister

3. subordinate, inferior, common
4. trivial, trifling, unimportant, of no consequence
5. low, mean, insignificant, contemptible; common

• Platts, John T. (1884) “چھوٹا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page ur