chitta

English

Etymology

From Punjabi ਚਿੱਟਾ (ciṭṭā).

Noun

chitta (uncountable)

1. (India) Heroin.
   • (Can we date this quote?), Abhijit Dhillon, “Gender and Drug Use in Punjab: A study of Female Drug Users at Navkiran De-addiction Centre, Kapurthala”, in JSPS‎^[1], volume 28, number 1:

     She was admitted the Centre for her heroin/chitta addiction on the insistence of her family. She was introduced to the drug by her husband, who was a drug addict and a peddler.

   • 2020 January 11, Nov 2020 - English - Himachal Competition Focus (Himachal Competition Focus)‎^[2], Sarla Publications Private Limited, page 4:

     Chitta (Diacetymorphine, a semisynthetic opioid), is an adulterated form of heroine^[sic] and is addictive.

   • 2021 October 1, Sanjeev P. Sahni, Poulomi Bhadra, Criminal Psychology and the Criminal Justice System in India and Beyond‎^[3], Springer Nature, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 75:

     One of them got me 'chitta'(synthetic drug produced from heroin and other substances) for free. I asked him what does he want in return, he said 'its okay between friends'. He kept getting me chitta for free for some days, gradually I started getting addicted. Once he was sure, I was 'hooked' he started charing me Rs. 2000-3000.