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چاٹنا

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Urdu

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Etymology

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Inherited from Prakrit 𑀘𑀝𑁆𑀝𑁂𑀇 (caṭṭei, to devour with relish, eat noisily, onomatopoeia). Compare Gujarati ચાટવું (cāṭvũ), Marathi चाटणे (ċāṭṇe), Bengali চাটা (caṭa).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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چَاٹْنَا (cāṭnā) (Hindi spelling चाटना)

  1. to lick

Conjugation

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  • Note: The second-person polite form آپ (āp) uses the third-person plural conjugation.

Derived terms

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References

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  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “چاٹنا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “caṭṭ”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press