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This Sanskrit entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.
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Sanskrit
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *ćiṣṭás, possibly from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čištás (compare Younger Avestan 𐬗𐬌𐬥𐬀𐬯𐬙𐬌 (cinasti)),[1] from Proto-Indo-European *kʷis-tós, from *kʷeys- (“to observe”).[2]
Noun
*चिष्ट • (*ciṣṭa) stem, ?
- message
Descendants
- Dardic:
- Shina: چٹھ (čiṭhi, “letter”)
- Eastern:
- Magadhi Prakrit:
- Assamese: সিঠি (xithi)
- Bengali: চিঠা (ciṭha, “tally”), চিঠি (ciṭhi, “letter”)
- Maithili: चीठी (cīṭhī, “letter”)
- Odia: ଚିଠା (ciṭhā, “rough draft”), ଚିଠି (ciṭhi, “letter”)
- Northern:
- Khasa Prakrit:
- Nepali: चिट्ठा (ciṭṭhā, “lot”), चिठि (ciṭhi, “letter”)
- Central:
- Shauraseni Prakrit:
- Awadhi: चीठी (cīṭhī, “letter”)
- Gujarati: ચિટ્ઠી (ciṭṭhī)
- Hindustani:
- Hindi: चिट्ठा (ciṭṭhā, “ballot”), चिट्ठी (ciṭṭhī), चीठी (cīṭhī, “letter”)
- Urdu: چِٹّھَا (ciṭṭhā, “ballot”), چِٹّھِی (ciṭṭhī), چِیٹھِی (cīṭhī, “letter”)
- Southern:
- Maharashtri Prakrit:
- Marathi: चिट्ठा (ciṭṭhā, “account”), चिठी (ciṭhī, “letter”)
- Western:
- Paisaci Prakrit:
- Punjabi: ਚਿੱਠੀ (ciṭṭhī), ਚਿੱਠਾ (ciṭṭhā)
- Sindhi:
- Arabic script: چٽو (ciṭho, “list”), چٽ (ciṭhi, “letter”)
- Devanagari script: चिठो (ciṭho, “list”), चिठि (ciṭhi, “letter”)
References
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*ciṣṭa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
- ^ Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 30