चिठ्ठी
Marathi edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *ćiṣṭás (“message”) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀇𑀓𑀸- (-ikā-) (see Hindi चिट्ठी (ciṭṭhī) for more). Compare Gujarati ચિઠ્ઠી (ciṭhṭhī), Hindustani چِٹِّھی (ciṭṭhī) / चिट्ठी (ciṭṭhī), Punjabi ਚਿੱਟ (ciṭṭa) / چِٹّ (ciṭṭ), Nepali चिठी (ciṭhī), Bengali চিঠি (ciṭhi), Assamese চিঠি (sithi).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
चिठ्ठी • (ciṭhṭhī) f
Declension edit
| Declension of चिठ्ठी (fem ī-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| direct singular |
चिठ्ठी ciṭhṭhī | ||
| direct plural |
चिठ्ठ्या ciṭhṭhyā | ||
| singular एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन | ||
| nominative प्रथमा |
चिठ्ठी ciṭhṭhī |
चिठ्ठ्या ciṭhṭhyā | |
| oblique सामान्यरूप |
चिठ्ठी ciṭhṭhī |
चिठ्ठ्यां- ciṭhṭhyān- | |
| acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी |
चिठ्ठीला ciṭhṭhīlā |
चिठ्ठ्यांना ciṭhṭhyānnā | |
| ergative | चिठ्ठीने, चिठ्ठीनं ciṭhṭhīne, ciṭhṭhīna |
चिठ्ठ्यांनी ciṭhṭhyānnī | |
| instrumental | चिठ्ठीशी ciṭhṭhīśī |
चिठ्ठ्यांशी ciṭhṭhyānśī | |
| locative सप्तमी |
चिठ्ठीत ciṭhṭhīt |
चिठ्ठ्यांत ciṭhṭhyāt | |
| vocative संबोधन |
चिठ्ठी ciṭhṭhī |
चिठ्ठ्यांनो ciṭhṭhyānno | |
| Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition. | |||
| Genitive declension of चिठ्ठी (fem ī-stem) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म |
feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म |
neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म |
oblique सामान्यरूप | |||||
| singular एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन |
singular एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन |
singular* एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन |
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| singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता |
चिठ्ठीचा ciṭhṭhīċā |
चिठ्ठीचे ciṭhṭhīċe |
चिठ्ठीची ciṭhṭhīcī |
चिठ्ठीच्या ciṭhṭhīcā |
चिठ्ठीचे, चिठ्ठीचं ciṭhṭhīċe, ciṭhṭhīċa |
चिठ्ठीची ciṭhṭhīcī |
चिठ्ठीच्या ciṭhṭhīcā | |
| plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता |
चिठ्ठ्यांचा ciṭhṭhyānċā |
चिठ्ठ्यांचे ciṭhṭhyānċe |
चिठ्ठ्यांची ciṭhṭhyāñcī |
चिठ्ठ्यांच्या ciṭhṭhyāncā |
चिठ्ठ्यांचे, चिठ्ठ्यांचं ciṭhṭhyānċe, ciṭhṭhyānċa |
चिठ्ठ्यांची ciṭhṭhyāñcī |
चिठ्ठ्यांच्या ciṭhṭhyāñcā | |
| * Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition. | ||||||||
Derived terms edit
- सोडचिठ्ठी (soḍciṭhṭhī, “divorce paper”)
References edit
- Berntsen, Maxine, “चिठ्ठी”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “चिट्टी,_चिठी,_चिठ्ठी”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
- दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “चिट्टी-ठ्ठी,_चिटी-ठी”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*ciṣṭa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press