چیت

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *čït (fence).[1]

Noun

چیت • (çit) (definite accusative چیتی (çiti), plural چیتلر (çitler))

  1. hurdle, a movable frame of wattled twigs, osiers, or withes and stakes, used for enclosing land or folding sheep
  2. fence, a thin, artificial barrier that separates two pieces of land or encloses the lands of a house, building, etc.
    Synonym: سیاج (siyac)
  3. hedge, a thicket of bushes or other shrubbery planted as a fence between two portions of land or parts of a garden
    Synonym: سیاج (siyac)

Derived terms

  • آرابه چیتی (araba çiti, partition of a cart)
  • چیت اورمك (çit örmek, to weave hurdles)
  • چیت چكمك (çit çekmek, to construct a fence)
  • چیتشمك (çitişmek, to interlace or become entangled)
  • چیتلتمك (çitletmek, to make or let be enclosed with hurdles)
  • چیتلك (çitlik, any boughs or twigs suitable for a fence)
  • چیتلمك (çitlemek, to hedge, to inclose in a fence)
  • چیتلنمك (çitlenmek, to be fenced or enclosed with hurdles)
  • چیتلو (çitli, hurdled or hedged with bushes)
  • یرلو چیت (yerli çit, permanent hedge)

Descendants

  • Turkish: çit
  • Armenian: չիթ (čʻitʻ)

References

  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “çıt”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 401

Further reading

Urdu

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit चैत्र (caitra).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

چَیت • (caitm (Hindi spelling चैत)

  1. Chaitra

Declension

Declension of چیت
singular plural
direct چَیت (cait) چَیت (cait)
oblique چَیت (cait) چَیتوں (caitõ)
vocative چَیت (cait) چَیتو (caito)

See also

Hindu calendar monthsedit

Further reading

  • S. W. Fallon (1879) “چیت”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 569
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “چیت”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 470
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “چیت”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 267
  • چیت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
  • John Shakespear (1834) “چیت”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC, page 759
  • چیت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.