छत

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See also: छाता and छाती

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Punjabi ਛੱਤ (chatta), ultimately from Sanskrit *छत्ति (chatti), from छद् (chad, “to cover”) +‎ -ति (-ti). Eclipsed native Old Hindi छात (chāta), from the same source.

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /t͡ʃʰət̪/,

Noun

छत • (chat) f (Urdu spelling چھت)

  1. roof, ceiling
    वर्षा ऋतु के समय में, हमारी छत हमेशा टपकती है।
    varṣā ŕtu ke samay mẽ, hamārī chat hameśā ṭapaktī hai.
    During the monsoon season, our roof always leaks.

Declension

Declension of छत (fem cons-stem)
singular plural
direct छत
chat 		छतें
chatẽ
oblique छत
chat 		छतों
chatõ
vocative छत
chat 		छतो
chato

Descendants

  • → Nepali: छत (chat)

References

  • Platts, John T. (1884) “छत”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “chatti”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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