چٺي

Sindhi

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀘𑀺𑀝𑁆𑀞 (ciṭṭha) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀇𑀓- (-ika-), from Sanskrit *चिष्ट (ciṣṭa, “message”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *ćiṣṭás, possibly from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čištás, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷis-tós, from *kʷeys- (“to observe”). Cognate with Assamese চিঠি (sithi), Bengali চিঠি (ciṭhi), Gujarati ચિઠ્ઠી (ciṭhṭhī), Hindustani چٹھی / चिट्ठी (ciṭṭhī), Marathi चिठ्ठी (ciṭhṭhī), Nepali चिठी (ciṭhī), and Rajasthani चिट्ठी (ciṭṭhī).

Noun

چٺي • (ciṭhī) f (Devanagari चिठी)

1. letter (message)
2. chitty, chit

Related terms

• چِٺو (ciṭho, “list”)

 

Further reading

• Parmanand, Mewaram (1910) “چٺي”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, Hyderabad, Sindh: The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*ciṣṭa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press