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Sindhi
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀘𑀺𑀝𑁆𑀞 (ciṭṭha) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀇𑀓- (-ika-), from Sanskrit *चिष्ट (ciṣṭa, “message”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *ćiṣṭás, possibly from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čištás, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷis-tós, from *kʷeys- (“to observe”).
Cognate with Assamese চিঠি (sithi), Bengali চিঠি (ciṭhi), Gujarati ચિઠ્ઠી (ciṭhṭhī), Hindustani چٹھی / चिट्ठी (ciṭṭhī), Marathi चिठ्ठी (ciṭhṭhī), Nepali चिठी (ciṭhī), and Marwari चिट्ठी (ciṭṭhī).
Noun
چٺي • (ciṭhī) f (Devanagari चिठी)
- letter (message)
- chitty, chit
Further reading
- Parmanand, Mewaram (1910) “چٺي”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, Hyderabad, Sindh: The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*ciṣṭa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press