चिट्ठी

Hindi edit

Alternative forms edit

चीठी (cīṭhī)

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

चिट्ठी • (ciṭṭhī) f (Urdu spelling چِٹِّھی)

letter (written message)
Synonyms: ख़त (xat), पत्र (patra)
bill
ballot

Declension edit

Declension of चिट्ठी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	चिट्ठी ciṭṭhī	चिट्ठियाँ ciṭṭhiyā̃
oblique	चिट्ठी ciṭṭhī	चिट्ठियों ciṭṭhiyõ
vocative	चिट्ठी ciṭṭhī	चिट्ठियो ciṭṭhiyo

Descendants edit

→ English: chitty
- ⇒ English: chit
Malayalam: ചീട്ട് (cīṭṭŭ)
Tamil: சிட்டு (ciṭṭu)

References edit

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

Further reading edit

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “चिट्ठी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 316

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