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Punjabi
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit छित्तरु (chittaru), from Sanskrit छित्त्वार (chittvará), from the root छिद् (chid). Cognate with Sindhi ڇِتَرُ (chitaru) / ڇِتَرِو (chitiro), Hindi छीतर (chītar), Gujarati છિપરું (chiprũ) and Marathi शित्री (śitrī).
Pronunciation
Noun
چِھتَّر • (chittar) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਛਿੱਤਰ)
- (figuratively) beating
2000, امین ملک [Amin Malik], گونگی تریہہ : کہانیاں [Gūngī treh : kahāṇiyān̲] (fiction), Lahore: ادارہ پنجابى زبان تے ثقافت [Idārah-yi Panjābī Zabān te S̲aqāfat], →OCLC, page 38:"چنگا کیتا ای‘ ایہ ہے ہی ذلیل چھتراں دے لائق۔"- "caṉgā kītā ī’ eh hai hī ẕalīl chittrāṉ de lāyaq."
- "That was good of you’ he's only worthy of being disgraced beatings".
- (literally) old worn-out shoe, slipper
- Synonym: پولا (polā)
1999, الیاس گھمن [Ilyās Ghumman], پنڈ دی لج : کہانیاں [Pinḍ dī laj : kahāṇiyān̲] (fiction), Lahore: ادارہ پنجابی زبان تے ثقافت [Idāra Panjābī Zabān Te S̲aqāfat], →OCLC, page 17:سگوں تہاڈیاں اَکھاں ساہمنے اوس لُچے نوں چِھتراں نال دَھونی وی لاواں گے۔"- sagoṉ tuhāḍiyaṉ akkhāṉ sāhmṇe os lucce nūṉ chittrāṉ nāl dhauṇī vī lāvāṉ ge."
- In fact, we'll thrash this rascal with shoes and rip his guts out right in front of you.
Declension
| Declension of چھتر
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| dir. sg.
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چِھتَّر (chittar)
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| dir. pl.
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چِھتَّر (chittar)
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singular
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plural
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| direct
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چِھتَّر (chittar)
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چِھتَّر (chittar)
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| oblique
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چِھتَّر (chittar)
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چِھتَّراں (chittarāṉ)
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| vocative
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چِھتَّرا (chittarā)
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چِھتَّرو (chittaro)
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| ablative
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چِھتَّروں (chittaroṉ)
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چِھتَّراں (chittarāṉ)
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| locative
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چِھتَّرے (chittare)
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چِھتَّرِیں (chittarīṉ)
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| instrumental
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چِھتَّروں (chittaroṉ)
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See also
Further reading
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “چھِتّر”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
- “چھِتّر”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “chittvará”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 276