ਛੇਤੀ

Punjabi

Alternative forms

  • ਛੇਦੀ (chedī)[1]

Etymology

Unknown. Compare Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit च्छति (cchati), च्छिति (cchiti, “immediately, quickly”), attested in an 11th century text,[2] and Sanskrit झटिति (jhaṭiti).

Pronunciation

Adverb

ਛੇਤੀ • (chetī) (Shahmukhi spelling چھیتی)

  1. quickly, rapidly, hastily
    Synonyms: ਸ਼ਤਾਬੀ (śatābī), ਝੱਬ (jhabba)

References

  1. ^ Singh, Bhai Maya (1895) “ਛੇਦੀ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons.
  2. ^ Karashima, Seishi, von Hinüber, Oskar (2012) “cchatti#”, in Die Abhisamācārikā Dharmāḥ Verhaltensregeln für buddhistische Mönche der Mahāsāṃghika-Lokottaravādins [The Abhisamācārikā Dharmāḥ Rules of Conduct for Buddhist Monks of the Mahāsāṃghika-Lokottaravādins]‎[1], volume III: Grammatik, Glossar und Nachträge, Tokyo: The International Research Institute for Advanced Buddhology, Soka University, page 249

Further reading

  • “ਛੇਤੀ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
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