चिट्ठी

Hindi

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit *चिष्ट (*ciṣṭa, “message”) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀇𑀓𑀸- (-ikā-). Compare Punjabi ਚਿੱਟ (ciṭṭa) / چِٹّ (ciṭṭ), Nepali चिठी (ciṭhī), Gujarati ચિઠ્ઠી (ciṭhṭhī), Marathi चिठ्ठी (ciṭhṭhī), Bengali চিঠি (ciṭhi), Assamese চিঠি (sithi).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /t͡ʃɪʈ.ʈʰiː/, [t͡ʃɪʈ̚.ʈʰiː]

Noun

चिट्ठी • (ciṭṭhī) f (Urdu spelling چِٹِّھی)

  1. letter (written message)
    Synonyms: ख़त (xat), पत्र (patra)
  2. bill
  3. ballot

Declension

Declension of चिट्ठी (fem ī-stem)
singular plural
direct चिट्ठी
ciṭṭhī 		चिट्ठियाँ
ciṭṭhiyā̃
oblique चिट्ठी
ciṭṭhī 		चिट्ठियों
ciṭṭhiyõ
vocative चिट्ठी
ciṭṭhī 		चिट्ठियो
ciṭṭhiyo

Descendants

  • → English: chitty
  • Malayalam: ചീട്ട് (cīṭṭŭ)
  • Tamil: சிட்டு (ciṭṭu)

References

  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*ciṣṭa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

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