चाँटा

Hindi

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɑ̃ː.ʈɑː/, [t͡ʃä̃ː.ʈäː]

Noun

चाँटा • (cā̃ṭā) m (Urdu spelling چانٹا)

1. slap

   Synonyms: थप्पड़ (thappaṛ), तमाचा (tamācā), चपत (capat)

   उस चोर को तीन-चार चाँटे मरने चाहिए।

   us cor ko tīn-cār cā̃ṭe marne cāhie.

   That thief deserves a couple of slaps.

2. blow, hit

Declension

Declension of चाँटा (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	चाँटा cā̃ṭā	चाँटे cā̃ṭe
oblique	चाँटे cā̃ṭe	चाँटों cā̃ṭõ
vocative	चाँटे cā̃ṭe	चाँटो cā̃ṭo

References

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