चाँटी

Hindi

Etymology

Etymology tree

Hindi चाँटा (cā̃ṭā)

Apabhramsa -इअ (-ia)

Hindi -ई (-ī)

Hindi चाँटी (cā̃ṭī)

From चाँटा (cā̃ṭā, “slap, hit”) +‎ -ई (-ī).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɑ̃ː.ʈiː/, [t͡ʃä̃ː.ʈiː]

Noun

चाँटी • (cā̃ṭī) f

1. a ring of leather surrounding the drumskin of a drum

   Synonym: किनार (kinār)

2. (historical) a kind of tax

Declension

Declension of चाँटी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	चाँटी cā̃ṭī	चाँटियाँ cā̃ṭiyā̃
oblique	चाँटी cā̃ṭī	चाँटियों cā̃ṭiyõ
vocative	चाँटी cā̃ṭī	चाँटियो cā̃ṭiyo

References

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