چٹا

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Old Punjabi ਚਿਟਾ (ciṭā /⁠ciṭṭā⁠/), a Middle Indo-Aryan borrowing from Proto-Nuristani *crittá, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćwitrás, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwit-ró-s (whence Sanskrit श्वित्र (śvitrá)).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɪʈ.ʈäː/
• Rhymes: -äː

Adjective

چِٹّا • (ciṭṭā) (Gurmukhi spelling ਚਿੱਟਾ)

1. white (colour)

   Synonym: سَفَیْد (safaid)

2. fair, white-skinned

Declension

Declension of چٹا
	masculine			feminine
	singular	plural		singular	plural
direct	چِٹّا (ciṭṭā)	چِٹّے (ciṭṭe)		چِٹّی (ciṭṭī)	چِٹِّیاں (ciṭṭīyāṉ)
oblique	چِٹّے (ciṭṭe)	چِٹّیْاں (ciṭṭiyāṉ)		چِٹّی (ciṭṭī)	چِٹِّیاں (ciṭṭīyāṉ)

See also

Colors in Punjabi · رَن٘گ (raṉg) (layout · text)

چِٹّا (ciṭṭā), بَگّا (baggā)		کاࣇا (kāḷā)
لال (lāl), رَتّا (rattā); سُوہا (sūhā)	مالٹا (mālṭā), نَارَنگِی (nārangī); بھُورا (bhūrā)	پِیلا (pīlā), کھَٹّا (khaṭṭā)
نِمبُو (nimbū), پِستا (pistā), اَنگُوری (angūrī)	ساوا (sāvā), ہَرا (harā)
آسمانی (āsmānī)	آسمانی (āsmānī)	نِیلا (nīlā)
جامنی (jāmnī), اُودا (ūdā)	بَینگی (baingī)	گُولابی (gūlābī)

Noun

چِٹّا • (ciṭṭā) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਚਿੱਟਾ)

1. white; fair (item, person etc.)
2. a silver coin

Declension

Declension of چٹا
dir. sg.	چِٹّا (ciṭṭā)
dir. pl.	چِٹّے (ciṭṭe)
	singular	plural
direct	چِٹّا (ciṭṭā)	چِٹّے (ciṭṭe)
oblique	چِٹّے (ciṭṭe)	چِٹّیْاں (ciṭṭiyāṉ)
vocative	چِٹّیْا (ciṭṭiyā)	چِٹّیْو (ciṭṭev)
ablative	چِٹّیْوں (ciṭṭevṉ)	چِٹّیْاں (ciṭṭiyāṉ)
locative	–	چِٹِّیں (ciṭṭiīṉ)
instrumental	چِٹّے (ciṭṭe)	–

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “چِٹّا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• “چٹا”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “śvitrá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 740