چھوٹا
Punjabi edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀙𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀝 (*choṭṭa). Compare Nepali छोटो (choṭo, “small”), Gujarati છોટું (choṭũ), Urdu چھوٹا (choṭā, “small”), Odia ଛୋଟ (choṭô, “small, lesser”), Assamese ছোট (süto, “junior, low grade”).
Earlier lexicographers suggested Sanskrit क्षुद्रक (kṣudraka, “small, insignificant”).
Adjective edit
چھوٹا • (choṭā) (Gurmukhi spelling ਛੋਟਾ)
Declension edit
This adjective needs an inflection-table template.
Urdu edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀙𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀝 (*choṭṭa). Compare Nepali छोटो (choṭo, “small”), Gujarati છોટું (choṭũ), Punjabi ਛੋਟਾ (choṭā, “small”), Odia ଛୋଟ (choṭô, “small, lesser”), Assamese ছোট (süto, “junior, low grade”).
Earlier lexicographers suggested Sanskrit क्षुद्रक (kṣudraka, “small, insignificant”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /t͡ʃʰoː.ʈɑː/
Adjective edit
چھوٹا • (choṭā) (Hindi spelling छोटा)
- little, small
- باہَر ایک چھوٹا بَچَّہ کَھڑا ہَے۔
- bāhar ek choṭā baccā khaṛā hai.
- There's a small child standing outside.
- younger, junior, minor, lesser
- چھوٹا بھائی ― choṭā bhāī ― younger brother
- چھوٹی بَہَن ― choṭī bahan ― younger sister
- subordinate, inferior, common
- trivial, trifling, unimportant, of no consequence
- low, mean, insignificant, contemptible; common
Declension edit
Declension of چھوٹا | |||||
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masculine | feminine | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
direct | چھوٹا (choṭā) | چھوٹے (choṭe) | چھوٹی (choṭī) | چھوٹی (choṭī) | |
indirect | چھوٹے (choṭe) | چھوٹے (choṭe) | چھوٹی (choṭī) | چھوٹی (choṭī) | |
vocative | چھوٹے (choṭe) | چھوٹے (choṭe) | چھوٹی (choṭī) | چھوٹی (choṭī) |
References edit
- Platts, John T. (1884) “چھوٹا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page ur