चरती

See also: चरत and चरति

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃəɾ.t̪iː/, [t͡ʃɐɾ.t̪iː]

Etymology 1

• Perhaps from चरना (carnā, “to graze, to eat in a crude way”), formed to resemble बरती (bartī), its antonym.
• Alternatively, from चरत (carat, “a day not laid down as one for fasting; not observing fast on a day laid down for fasting”) +‎ -ई (-ī). However, चरत (carat) itself is probably a back-formation from चरती (cartī).

Noun

चरती • (cartī) m

1. one who does not keep a fast, a non-faster

   Antonyms: बरती (bartī), उपवासी (upvāsī), निराहारी (nirāhārī), (chiefly Islam) रोज़ेदार (rozedār)

Declension

Declension of चरती (masc ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	चरती cartī	चरती cartī
oblique	चरती cartī	चरतियों cartiyõ
vocative	चरती cartī	चरतियो cartiyo

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

चरती • (cartī)

1. inflection of चरना (carnā):
   1. feminine singular habitual participle
   2. feminine singular contrafactual

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “चरती”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 1480
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “चरती”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 305