چٹا

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Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Old Punjabi ਚਿਟਾ (ciṭā /⁠ciṭṭā⁠/), 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)).

Pronunciation

Adjective

چِٹّا (ciṭṭā) (Gurmukhi spelling ਚਿੱਟਾ)

  1. white (colour)
    Synonym: سَفَیْد (safaid)
  2. fair, white-skinned

Declension

Declension of چٹا
masculine feminine
singular plural singular plural
direct چِٹّا (ciṭṭā) چِٹّے (ciṭṭe) چِٹّی (ciṭṭī) چِٹِّیاں (ciṭṭiyāṉ)
oblique چِٹّے (ciṭṭe) چِٹّیاں (ciṭṭeyāṉ) چِٹّی (ciṭṭī) چِٹِّیاں (ciṭṭiyāṉ)

See also

Colors in Punjabi · رَن٘گ (raṉg) (layout · text)
     چِٹّا (ciṭṭā), بَگّا (baggā)           کاࣇا (kāḷā)
             لال (lāl), رَتّا (rattā); سُوہا (sūhā)              مالٹا (mālṭā), نَارَنگِی (nārangī); بھُورا (bhūrā)              پِیلا (pīlā), کھَٹّا (khaṭṭā)
             نِمبُو (nimbū), پِستا (pistā), اَنگُوری (angūrī)              ساوا (sāvā), ہَرا (harā)             
             آسمانی (āsmānī)              آسمانی (āsmānī)              نِیلا (nīlā)
             جامنی (jāmnī), اُودا (ūdā)              بَینگی (baingī)              گُولابی (gūlābī)

Noun

چِٹّا (ciṭṭām (Gurmukhi spelling ਚਿੱਟਾ)

  1. white; fair (item, person etc.)
  2. a silver coin

Declension

Declension of چٹا
dir. sg. چِٹّا (ciṭṭā)
dir. pl. چِٹّے (ciṭṭe)
singular plural
direct چِٹّا (ciṭṭā) چِٹّے (ciṭṭe)
oblique چِٹّے (ciṭṭe) چِٹّیْاں (ciṭṭiyāṉ)
vocative چِٹّیْا (ciṭṭiyā) چِٹّیو (ciṭṭīv)
ablative چِٹّیوں (ciṭṭīvṉ) چِٹّیْاں (ciṭṭiyāṉ)
locative چِٹِّیں (ciṭṭiīṉ)
instrumental چِٹّے (ciṭṭe)

Further reading

  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “چِٹّا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • چٹا”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “śvitrá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 740