चटाई

See also: चटई

Hindi

Etymology

Compare Maithili चटाइ (caṭāɨ) / 𑒔𑒙𑒰𑒃 (caṭāi), Punjabi ਚਟਾਈ (caṭāī) / چَٹائی (caṭā'ī), Gujarati ચટાઈ (caṭāī), Marathi चटई (caṭaī), Nepali चटाई (caṭāī), Odia ଚଟାଇ (côṭai), Bengali চটা (cṭa).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃə.ʈɑː.iː/, [t͡ʃɐ.ʈäː.iː]

Noun

चटाई • (caṭāī) f (Urdu spelling چَٹائی)

1. mat, floormat

   वह चटाई बाँस की बनी है ― vah caṭāī bā̃s kī banī hai ― That mat is made of bamboo

Declension

Declension of चटाई (fem ind ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	चटाई caṭāī	चटाइयाँ caṭāiyā̃
oblique	चटाई caṭāī	चटाइयों caṭāiyõ
vocative	चटाई caṭāī	चटाइयो caṭāiyo

Further reading

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “चटाई”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*caṭṭa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press