ਚਿੱਟਾ

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Punjabi

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Alternative forms

Etymology 1

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

ਚਿੱਟਾ (ciṭṭā) (Shahmukhi spelling چِٹّا)

  1. white
    Synonym: ਸਫ਼ੈਦ (safaid)
  2. bleached
  3. bright, clear
  4. fair, white-skinned
Declension
Declension of ਚਿੱਟਾ
masculine feminine
singular plural singular plural
direct ਚਿੱਟਾ (ciṭṭā) ਚਿੱਟੇ (ciṭṭe) ਚਿੱਟੀ (ciṭṭī) ਚਿੱਟੀਆਂ (ciṭṭīā̃)
oblique ਚਿੱਟੇ (ciṭṭe) ਚਿੱਟਿਆਂ (ciṭṭiā̃) ਚਿੱਟੀ (ciṭṭī) ਚਿੱਟੀਆਂ (ciṭṭīā̃)

Noun

ਚਿੱਟਾ (ciṭṭām

  1. white (colour)
  2. (slang) cocaine, LSD, and drugs in general
    ਚਿੱਟਾ ਬਰਬਾਦ ਕਰੀ ਜਾਂਦੈ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਦੀ ਜਵਾਨੀ ਨੂੰ.
    ciṭṭā barbād karī jāndai pañjābī dī javānī nū̃.
    Drugs are ruining Punjab's youth.

References

  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “śvitrá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 740

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English Chita.

Proper noun

ਚਿੱਟਾ (ciṭṭām

  1. Chita (a city, the administrative center of Zabaykalsky Krai, Siberia, Russia).

See also

Colors in Punjabi · ਰੰਗ (raṅg) (layout · text)
     ਚਿੱਟਾ (ciṭṭā), ਬੱਗਾ (baggā)           ਕਾਲ਼ਾ (kāḷā)
             ਲਾਲ (lāl), ਰੱਤਾ (rattā); ਸੂਹਾ (sūhā)              ਮਾਲਟਾ (mālṭā), ਨਾਰੰਗੀ (nāraṅgī); ਭੂਰਾ (bhūrā)              ਪੀਲ਼ਾ (pīḷā), ਖੱਟਾ (khaṭṭā)
             ਨਿੰਬੂ (nimbū), ਪਿਸਤਾ (pistā), ਅੰਗੂਰੀ (aṅgūrī)              ਸਾਵਾ (sāvā), ਹਰਾ (harā)             
             ਆਸਮਾਨੀ (āsamānī)              ਆਸਮਾਨੀ (āsamānī)              ਨੀਲਾ (nīlā)
             ਜਾਮਨੀ (jāmnī), ਊਦਾ (ūdā)              ਬੈਂਗਣੀ (baiṅgṇī)              ਗੁਲਾਬੀ (gulābī)

Further reading

  • ਚਿੱਟਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
  • Singh, Bhai Maya (1895), “ਚਿੱਟਾ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons, page 239.
  • ਚਿੱਟਾ”, in Punjabipedia [ਪੰਜਾਬੀਪੀਡੀਆ] (in Punjabi), Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024