चहचहा

Hindi

Etymology

Onomatopoeic

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃəɦ.t͡ʃə.ɦɑː/, [t͡ʃɛʱ.t͡ʃɐ.ɦäː]

Noun

चहचहा • (cahcahā) m

1. warbling, singing (of birds)
2. chirping
3. chatter, merriment
4. loud laughter

Declension

Declension of चहचहा (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	चहचहा cahcahā	चहचहे cahcahe
oblique	चहचहे cahcahe	चहचहों cahcahõ
vocative	चहचहे cahcahe	चहचहो cahcaho

Derived terms

• चहचहाना (cahcahānā, “to chirp”)
• चहचहाहट (cahcahāhaṭ, “chirping”)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “चहचहा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press