चिट्टी

Hindi

Etymology

Feminine of चिट्टा (ciṭṭā, “bright, white”). Per Turner, ultimately a borrowing of Proto-Nuristani *crittá, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćwitrás, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwit-ró-s, from *ḱweyt- (“to shine”). Related to Sanskrit श्वित्र (śvitrá), English white.

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɪʈ.ʈiː/, [t͡ʃɪʈ̚.ʈiː]

Noun

चिट्टी • (ciṭṭī) f

1. a type of bird

   Synonym: मुनिया (muniyā)

Declension

Declension of चिट्टी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	चिट्टी ciṭṭī	चिट्टियाँ ciṭṭiyā̃
oblique	चिट्टी ciṭṭī	चिट्टियों ciṭṭiyõ
vocative	चिट्टी ciṭṭī	चिट्टियो ciṭṭiyo

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “śvitrá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 740
• Platts, John T. (1884) “चिट्टी”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.