چھٹی

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀙𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀝 (chuṭṭa) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀇𑀓𑀸- (-ikā-).

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃʰʊʈ.ʈiː/
• Rhymes: -iː

چُھٹّی • (chuṭṭī) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਛੁੱਟੀ)

1. day off (from work or school etc.)
2. end of day (ie. workday; school day)
3. holiday, vacation
4. holiday (ie. a national holiday or booked / requested time-off)
5. (by extension) leisure
6. leave (taken with permission)
7. (often figuratively) dismissal (from appointment, job etc.)

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “چھُٹّی”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• Bashir, Kanwal (2012) “چھٹی”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
• “ਛੁੱਟੀ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*kṣuṭyatē”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 193

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀙𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀝 (chuṭṭa) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀇𑀓𑀸- (-ikā-).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃʰʊ.ʈː.iː/
• Rhymes: -iː

چُھٹّی • (chuṭṭī) f (Hindi spelling छुट्टी)

1. leave, absence from work

   اُس نے ایک ہفتے کی چُھٹّی مان٘گی۔

   usne ek hafte kī chuṭṭī māṅgī

   He asked for a week's leave.

   (literally, “[he/she/it] has a week 's leave asked.”)

2. holiday, day off

   اگلے اتوار چُھٹّی ہے۔

   agle itvār chuṭṭī hai.

   Next Sunday is a holiday.

   (literally, “next Sunday holiday is.”)

• → Kalasha: چیِٹی (čiṭi)

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