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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)
- white (color/colour)
- Synonym: سَفَیْد (safaid)
- fair, white-skinned
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Noun
چِٹّا • (ciṭṭā) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਚਿੱਟਾ)
- a silver coin
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