चित्रल

Sanskrit

Etymology

From चित्र (citra).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕit.ɾɐ.lɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ɕit̪.ɾɐ.l̪ɐ/

Adjective

चित्रल • (citrala) stem

1. variegated, spotted

Descendants

• Prakrit: 𑀘𑀺𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀮 (cittala)
  • Assamese: চিতল (sitol)
  • Bengali: চিতল (citol)
  • Gujarati: ચીતળ (cītaḷ), ચીતલો (cītlo)
  • Hindustani: cital, citlā
    • Hindi: चीतल, चीतला
    • Urdu: چِتَل, چِتْلا
  • Marathi: चितळ (citaḷ)
  • Nepali: चितल (cital)
  • Punjabi: citlā

    Gurmukhi script: ਚਿਤਲਾ

    Shahmukhi script: چِتْلا

References

• Apte, Macdonell (2022) “चित्रल”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “citrala”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press