चीतल

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit चित्रल (citrala).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /t͡ʃiː.t̪əl/, [t͡ʃiː.t̪ɐl]

Noun

चीतल • (cītalm (Urdu spelling چِیتَل)

  1. axis deer, spotted deer
  2. a large spotted snake resembling a python
  3. (regional) a freshwater fish

Declension

Declension of चीतल (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct चीतल
cītal
चीतल
cītal
oblique चीतल
cītal
चीतलों
cītalõ
vocative चीतल
cītal
चीतलो
cītalo

Descendants

  • English: chital

References

  • Bahri, Caturvedi, Dasa-Hindi (2022) “चीतल”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Hindi Dictionaries]