ਚਿਟਾ

See also: ਚਿੱਟਾ

Old Punjabi

Etymology

From a Middle Indo-Aryan borrowing from Proto-Nuristani *crittá, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćwitrás, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwit-ró-s (whence Sanskrit श्वित्र (śvitrá)).

Adjective

ਚਿਟਾ (ciṭā /ciṭṭā/)

1. white

   Synonym: ਸੁਪੇਦੁ (supedu)

Descendants

• Punjabi: ciṭṭā

  Gurmukhi script: ਚਿੱਟਾ, ਚਿਟਾ (ciṭā)

  Shahmukhi script: چِٹّا

Further reading

• Christopher Shackle (2011) “ਚਿਟਾ”, in A Gurū Nānak Glossary, 2nd edition, New Delhi: Heritage Publishers, →ISBN, page 111.
• “ਚਿਟਾ”, in Sri Guru Granth Sahib Dictionary, SriGranth.org, 2024
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ciṭṭā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 740

Punjabi

Adjective

ਚਿਟਾ • (ciṭā)

1. alternative form of ਚਿੱਟਾ (ciṭṭā, “white”)

Noun

ਚਿਟਾ • (ciṭā) m

1. alternative form of ਚਿੱਟਾ (ciṭṭā, “white colour”)

Proper noun

ਚਿਟਾ • (ciṭā) m

1. alternative form of ਚਿੱਟਾ (ciṭṭā, “Chita”)